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Remembering Chokwe Lumumba
by Laura Flandersposted Feb 26, 2014 - Can you be a revolutionary and a mayor? Chokwe Lumumba—who spent eight months as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, before he died—did his best to be both.
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West Virginians Raise Alarm as Research Links Coal Mining to Cancer, Birth Defects
by Erin L. McCoyposted Feb 26, 2014 - Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby—not just those who work in the mines.
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Nothing to Hide? Why Facebook's Fine Print Is Still Worth Fighting
by Erin Sagenposted Feb 24, 2014 - Devices we use every day are turning our personal data over to huge corporations. But can we win our privacy back?
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YES! Music Picks: What We've Been Listening to This Winter
by YES! online staffposted Feb 24, 2014 - Musical inspiration while putting out this issue.
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From Trayvon Martin to Jordan Davis: Can Art Provide Justice When Courts Fail?
by Carla Murphyposted Feb 21, 2014 - "Having not been a judge or a witness who could've helped communicate what Michael Dunn did, my art is the only way I can give Jordan Davis justice."
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Infographic: Why Corporations Want Our Public Schools
by YES! Editorsposted Feb 21, 2014 - Where’s the big money in privatization? Take it from the teachers.
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The Myth Behind Public School Failure
by Dean Patonposted Feb 21, 2014 - In the rush to privatize the country’s schools, corporations and politicians have decimated school budgets, replaced teaching with standardized testing, and placed the blame on teachers and students.
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Meet the New Rebels Taking Back Our Public Schools
by Sarah van Gelderposted Feb 21, 2014 - For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom.
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Tiny Houses for the Homeless: An Affordable Solution Catches On
by Erika Lundahlposted Feb 20, 2014 - A growing number of towns and cities have found a practical solution to homelessness through the construction of tiny-house villages—and housing officials are taking notice.
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Keystone XL "At a Standstill" After Nebraska Ruling
by Kristin Moeposted Feb 20, 2014 - Local landowners and environmentalists who have long opposed the pipeline project are celebrating the decision.
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Discipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of Punishment
by Fania Davisposted Feb 19, 2014 - As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
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My Year Without Porn: Some Surprising Lessons
by Dan Mahleposted Feb 19, 2014 - Since I quit watching porn a year ago, I've become more present in the moment, more loving, and a better friend to the women in my life.
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West Virginians Harvest Rainwater in Wake of Chem Spill
by Molly Ruskposted Feb 18, 2014 - Residents whose tap water was polluted are finding that rainwater is an affordable alternative.
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New Video from Harry Potter Director Promotes Tax on Wall Street
by John Cavanagh, Robin Broadposted Feb 18, 2014 - The video, set in 2024, shows European bankers looking back at the passage of a tax that brought "serious money to the fight against extreme poverty."
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How the Fight Against Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law Transformed a Community
by Levana Saxonposted Feb 17, 2014 - Gwendolyn Ferreti Manjarrez is an organizer with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Here, she speaks about the role of grassroots groups in the fight to roll back HB 56.
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