Want the Good Life? Your Neighbors Need It, Too
Published by Yes! Magazine on March 4, 2010
by Brooke Jarvis
New research shows that, among developed countries, the healthiest and happiest aren’t those with the highest incomes but those with the most equality. Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson discusses why.
We live in a world of deep inequality, and the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. [...]
Campaigning for State-Owned Banks
Published by Yes! Magazine on February 19, 2010
The public bank concept is gaining ground on the state level, attracting proponents across the political spectrum.
by Ellen Brown
While bank bailouts fatten Wall Street, states continue to battle the credit crisis. In the search for innovative solutions, some political candidates are proposing that states generate their own credit [...]
The Power of Local
Published by Yes! Magazine on February 18, 2010
Local businesses are educating communities, changing economic policies, and even outperforming chain competitors.
by Jeff Milchen
The 2009 holiday season was a tough one for retail businesses. In November, their sales increased just 1.8 percent over low 2008 numbers — failing to keep pace with inflation. December was worse, with sales [...]
Building Cultures of Peace
Published by Yes! Magazine on February 11, 2010
If we are to build cultures of peace we have to start talking about something that still makes many people uncomfortable: gender.
by Rianne Eisler
We stand at a critical point in human cultural evolution. Going back to the old normal where peace is just an interval between wars is [...]
Meet the Radical Homemakers
Published by Yes! Magazine on February 1, 2010
How families are achieving ecological, social, and economic transformation… starting under their own roofs.
by Shannon Hayes
Long before we could pronounce Betty Friedan’s last name, Americans from my generation felt her impact. Many of us born in the mid-1970s learned from our parents and our teachers that women no [...]
What’s Your Connection to Mountaintop Removal?
Published by Yes! Magazine on November 10, 2009
Power plants across the country use coal from destroyed mountains. Search your zip code to meet the communities and landscapes to which you’re connected.
Not In My Backyard?
Click here to find out if your power company uses coal from destroyed mountains.
Mountaintop removal—the literal toppling of mountains in order to mine [...]
Who’s Polluting the Climate Conversation?
Published by Yes! Magazine on December 1, 2009
Money, think tanks, and the scientists-for-hire behind the doubt and denial.
by James Hoggan
Scientists now warn that climate change is happening faster, and is a bigger threat, than they predicted just a few years ago. Yet the number of Americans who believe climate change is occurring at all is decreasing. [...]
10 Courageous Things You Can Do to Build Community
Published December 29, 2009 in Yes! Magazine
by Milenko Matanovic
Building strong communities is critical, hard work. I feel it’s one of the most courageous, important things each of us can do every day. We can speed up the realization good community building ideas if we live our lives consistent with community priorities. The good news: practically [...]
10 Ways to Stop Corporate Dominance of Politics
Published Jan 25, 2010 in Yes! Magazine
It’s not too late to limit or reverse the impact of the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
by Fran Korten
The recent Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in politics just may be the straw that breaks the plutocracy’s back.
Pro-democracy groups, business leaders, and elected representatives [...]
Whose Rights?
Published on Friday, January 22, 2010 by YES! Magazine
A new Supreme Court decision promotes corporate rights at the expense of the rights of citizens. What happens when the legal structure itself stands in the way of democracy?
by Thomas Linzey, Mari Margil
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission—giving corporations the ability to spend [...]
