A young native writer’s ambush interview with Sherman Alexie throws her into a whirlpool of unanswerable questions about tribal loyalty, silence, and healing.
Some say terrorism makes Gandhi irrelevant. Vandana Shiva, farmer, seed saver, and global justice activist, says we need him more than ever.
Wall Street is bankrupt. Instead of trying to save it, we can build a new economy that puts money and business in the service of people and the planet—not the other way around.
Mondragón Cooperative Corporation: Look who makes the profits.
Americans want to invest locally. What's stopping them?
Local banks can change the world, one investment at a time.
Roosevelt didn’t come up with all those progressive programs on his own.
Burlington’s success with instant runoff voting (IRV) is a model of a clean, open debate. Is it time to take it to the national level?
Dee Williams bought and modified a set of plans from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and built the house herself using second-use materials. Here's how she did it.
It begins with small farms working with natural cycles and ends with fresh food and stronger communities.
Resistance to the trade and “aid” policies that displace farmers and increase hunger.
Hunger. Pollution. Instability. Obesity. The problem with corporate food--by the numbers.
Meet the man who’s convincing the country, and the new President, that the next economy needs to be green and just. Interview by Sarah van Gelder.
Schools, fresh foods, and memories from India. Madhu Suri Prakash reflects on the culinary traditions of her family.
Artist Nikki McClure adds her touch to our collection of mealtime prayers from around the world.
The lush landscape of Hawai‘i once offered abundant food. What can these islands teach us about food and sufficiency?
Tenants’ rights groups are taking action to protect renters from eviction when banks foreclose on property owners. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters make up an estimated
This photo series by Michael Bowman for YES! Magazine shows folk-legend Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, New York, overlooking the Hudson River, in December, 2007.
Photographer Michael Bowman is a historian by education, which he says explains his fascination with old buildings, cars and technology.
His work can be seen at www.desolateplaces.com. His flickr photo postings go under the moniker of DuffSuds.
With the housing crisis nationwide driving struggling families from their homes, Boston’s creative Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative shows how communities can hold their ground.
Puanani Burgess tells the story of one student with a gift—a gift our schools are not cultivating.
What I learned about happiness during my mom's last days with cancer.
Dee Williams doesn't need a big house to be happy. Instead she found happiness in a 84-square foot house on wheels.
"No Impact Man" suspected the holidays would be just as merry without all the stuff.
Stop this happiness! Before it’s too
late.
Most human beings are not couch potatoes and whiners. We are doers and creators. In fact, humans need to 'make a dent.'
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