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YES! Online January 2009
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Sick George Washingtonspacer10 Reasons for Hope in 2009
Sarah van Gelder looks forward to the new year. And she says there are plenty of reasons you can too.
Sick George WashingtonspacerThe Globally Responsible Way to Recycle Your Electronics
A Washington non-profit takes unwanted computers and re-sells or recycles them in a safe, sustainable way.
Sick George WashingtonspacerFinding Happiness Beyond the Classroom
At the Baltimore Algebra Project, Chris Goodman inspires students to fight for their rights.
Sustainable Happiness :: Winter Issue
Puanani Burgess, photo by Paul DunnspacerBlessings Revealed
Puanani Burgess tells a story that shows the power of discovering your own gift.
Colin Beavan and his daughterspacerNo Presents?
One family’s daring experiment: Christmas without all the stuff.
NEW:Interview with Colin Beavan
The Dalai Lama, wikimediaspacerThis is Your Brain on Bliss
After 2,000 years of study, Buddhist monks know that happiness takes practice. Just put your mind to it. Here’s how.
cutiepie, YES! Magazine interactive graphicspacerThe YES! Happiness Test
Gratitude and happiness are related. Think you are grateful? Take the test.
10 things to make you happy, YES! Magazine interactive graphicspacer10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
Scientists can tell us how to be happy. Here are 10 ways, with the research to prove it.
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Jarid Manos, courtesy Great Plains Retoration CouncilspacerLife Reclaimed
A drug dealer starts a new life restoring prairie ecosystems.
Transition Special
Sick George WashingtonspacerHealth Care By and For the People
The Obama transition team is asking you to help create a new health care policy. And the key dividing lines over how to fix our country's broken health care system are becoming clear, says Sarah van Gelder.
Amanda Fuller and Justin Mog advocate for a White House vegetable gardenspacerTransFARM the White House Lawn
Knowing how much the Obama family loves fresh vegetables, two Peace Corps volunteers offer to help Obama tear up the lawn and plant an organic garden.
Money StairsspacerA Radical Plan for Funding a New Deal
How Obama can transform the banking system and fund the “New” New Deal.
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Path to a New Economy
The way to a different economy—one that truly serves people and communities.
Our Own Agenda :: 10 Policies for a Better Americaspacer10 Policies for a Better America
Large majorities of Americans agree on many important issues, from health care to foreign policy. Ten Policies for a Better America shows an agenda a majority supports.
Purple America :: Across the Divide
Rev. Gloria White-HammondspacerHousing Trust 101
Community Land Trusts keep prices affordable—for now and forever. And no Community Housing Trust homeowner has lost a home to foreclosure in the past year.
Foreign Policy :: Beyond Superpower
International Solidarity Movement volunteers form a human shield between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians. Photo by Michael Loadenthal, occupiedlove.blogspot.com, flickr.com/photos/michaelimagespacerA Real Pro-Israel Policy
The Israel-Palestine conflict isn’t inevitable. Here’s how both sides could gain by building on their common interest for peace and fairness. The United States still holds the key.
Climate Solutions :: Special Issue
Bill McKibbenspacerThe Greatest Danger
Joanna Macy shows how we can face our grief, fear, and rage about the climate crisis without “going to pieces.”
Health Care :: Health Care For All
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As Maine prepared for new health care legislation, State officials wanted the people's opinion. They got answers they didn't expect…
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