Most Recent Articles - YES!

YES! 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.

Speaking for Justice

by Pramila Jayapal

posted Dec 31, 2002

Sikhs, Somalis, Arabs, Latinos, people whose lives have changed since September 11, 2001, gather in Seattle to tell their stories of fear and humiliation—stories that echo the Japanese internments . Immigrant injustices since Septermber 11. Erosion of constitutional rights.

Indicators

posted Dec 31, 2002

Opposition to Iraq Invasion Builds,California Delivers for Families & the Earth, Mayan Justice Returns to Guatemala, South Dakota Backs Family Farmers, World Summit Takes on Corporations, Settlement Favors Saipan Workers, Unocal Can Be Sued for Atrocities, says Judge, Grocery Chain Goes Green, Report calls GMOs a “Disaster” for Farmers

Letter from the Editor

by Sarah Ruth van Gelder

posted Dec 31, 2002

Democracy is an unfinished project. Our challenge today is to include those who have been excluded, to reclaim our precious democracy from the corrupting influence of big money, and to deepen our democratic processes.

Talking Back: Media for the People

posted Dec 31, 2002

Media for the People- Ricardo "Kool Aid" Chavez, Desiree Evans, Megan Rowling, Jonathan Lawson, Jeff Chester and Gary O. Larson

Readers' Forum

posted Dec 31, 2002

Hyphenated People

Readers Take Action

by David Smith-Ferri

posted Dec 31, 2002

In Iraq, Waiting for War

Book Review - Making a Place for Community by Thad Williamson, Gar Alperovitz, and David Imbroscio

by David Morris

posted Dec 31, 2002

Book Review - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

by Ellie Winninghoff

posted Dec 31, 2002

Book Review - Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth by David Bollier

by Jonathan Rowe

posted Dec 31, 2002

Free Airtime For Political Candidates

by Paul Taylor

posted Dec 31, 2002

campaign finance reform and free airtime for candidates

Put Some Heart Into It: Spirit in Action

by Linda Stout

posted Dec 31, 2002

Spirit in Action: Create a collective vision; Take time for community, and bring spirit into our work for change.

Clean Elections

by Micah Sifry

posted Dec 31, 2002

clean elections: How can we rid our election system of the corrupting influence of big money and welcome in third parties?

Earth Democracy - an interview with Vandana Shiva

by Sarah Ruth van Gelder, Vandana Shiva

posted Dec 31, 2002

an interview with Vandana Shiva, about seed saving, cultural insecurity, economic insecurity in India, hope

Watching the Watchers

by Megan Rowling

posted Dec 31, 2002

Surveillance Camera Players, SCP, retaining privacy, Street Performances challenging surveillance technologies

Resource Guide for Democracy

posted Dec 31, 2002

Living Economies resource guide