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ShareYES! has a positive solution-oriented focus. We reframe issues, reflect diverse human-scale stories, and offer tools for people to use and to pass along. Here are our most recent articles and blogs.
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Empowerment in the Classroom
by Yana Kunichoffposted Feb 09, 2012 - How do we teach high school students to see themselves as protagonists in history? One idea involves Lupe Fiasco, Matt Damon, and the late Howard Zinn.
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California’s New Triple Bottom Line
by Sven Eberlein, Debra Baidaposted Feb 09, 2012 - Best in the world? Try best FOR the world. The Golden State welcomes a new kind of corporation.
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The People’s Media
by Joseph Torresposted Feb 08, 2012 - Public interest groups have waged a spirited campaign to prevent a corporate takeover of the Internet.
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A Magna Carta Moment for Internet Freedom
posted Feb 08, 2012 - Video: Why we must fight for our online rights—before they’re sold, legislated, and programmed away.
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Book Review: Urban Homesteading
by Oliver Lazenbyposted Feb 07, 2012 - Heirloom skills for sustainable living.
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Book Review: We Are Wisconsin
by Josh Eidelsonposted Feb 07, 2012 - The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen.
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Farmers Go Wild
by Abby Quillenposted Feb 06, 2012 - Going beyond organic, a new generation of farmers is nurturing nature as well as crops.
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The Benefits of Gratitude
by Ocean Robbinsposted Feb 06, 2012 - There’s an old saying that if you’ve forgotten the language of gratitude, you’ll never be on speaking terms with happiness. It turns out this isn’t just a fluffy idea.
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Big News on Bank Transfers
by Brooke Jarvisposted Feb 03, 2012 - The Occupy effect? In the last 3 months, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
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Support Your Media Day
posted Feb 02, 2012
- February 15th is Support Your Media Day. Thousands of people around the country will support media for the 99% by donating to their favorite independent news organization.
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Beyond the Bubble Economy
by David Kortenposted Feb 02, 2012 - We’ve finally learned that a growing financial sector isn’t the same thing as actual economic improvement. So how can we stimulate the real economy?
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2012: The Year of the Cooperative
by Jessica Reederposted Feb 01, 2012 - How an old business model is finding new relevance all over the world.
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6 Ways to Empower Others
by Starhawkposted Feb 01, 2012 - What makes a good leader? The gift of strengthening everyone else.
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Deregulation Nation
posted Feb 01, 2012 - Video: Why is the Occupy movement focused on bank deregulation?
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5 Acts of Creative Disruption
by Ayla Harbin, Christa Hillstromposted Jan 31, 2012 - Video: From mic checks in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to flash mobs at Target, expressing dissent has never been more colorful.
