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YES! Magazine Nominated for Top Award in 2013 Utne Media Awards
posted Mar 29, 2013 - YES! Magazine is excited to be nominated for the Utne Media Awards in the category of “General Excellence.”
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The Supreme Court on DOMA and Prop 8: What You Need to Know
by Warren Richeyposted Mar 28, 2013 - This week, the Supreme Court deliberates on whether to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Forty-three years of precedent will play a key role in their decisions.
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Why Lent Makes People Happy (and Netflix Doesn't)
by Jason Marsh, Rob Willerposted Mar 27, 2013 - Many of us believe getting more of the things we value will make us happier, but new research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
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At Seattle Idle No More Event, A Mix of Ceremony and Protest
by Kristin Hugoposted Mar 27, 2013 - Saturday’s Idle No More event showed that a beach can be the perfect place for a protest when a movement is drawing attention to the relationship between people and water.
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After Police Shooting of Teenager, A Brooklyn Neighborhood Dreams of Justice
by Kristin Moeposted Mar 27, 2013 - On March 9, two NYPD officers in plain clothes shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray. At the marches and nightly vigils held in his memory, people are demanding a different kind of police department.
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Gas Industry Report Calls Anti-Fracking Movement a “Highly Effective Campaign”
by Katrina Rabelerposted Mar 26, 2013 - A report intended to help the oil and gas industry squash the anti-fracking movement turns out to be full of useful information—and admits that much of what activists are saying is true.
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Shh! Will U.S. Navy Turn It Down for Whales and Dolphins?
by Peter Pearsallposted Mar 25, 2013 - Human allies of whales and dolphins have long had difficulty reining in the Navy’s use of sonar that harms these animals. But recent developments suggest that may be starting to change.
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Remembering Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s Master Storyteller
by YES! online staffposted Mar 22, 2013 - The great Nigerian author and essayist Chinua Achebe died on Thursday in Boston. In this interview with Bill Moyers, first broadcast in 1988, he explains why “The storyteller has a different agenda from the emperor.”
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For Thriving Public Spaces, Just Add Seating
by Jonathan Roweposted Mar 21, 2013 - Could it be as simple as that? Author Jonathan Rowe thought so, and tried it out in his own hometown.
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Don’t Like Your Health Insurance? Make Your Own
by Nina Rogozenposted Mar 20, 2013 - The Affordable Care Act hopes to drive expansion of health care co-ops.
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6 Ways to Fuel the Cooperative Takeover
by Sven Eberleinposted Mar 20, 2013 - From now on, the global mantra for filling market gaps is going to be, “There’s a co-op for that.” But co-ops need customers, money, and training. How do we shift from business as usual to the work of cooperation?
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Credit Unions Put Your Money to Work—Right Where You Live
by Colleen Kimmetposted Mar 20, 2013 - What if your bank’s first priority was to do good? Vancouver’s Vancity leads the way in putting dollars back into the community.
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Sustainable Happiness? 6 Ways to Get There
by Catherine O'Brien, Ian Murrayposted Mar 20, 2013 - Discover natural highs, map your interdependence, and other ways to discover joy within your reach.
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Don’t Laugh: The UN’s First International Happiness Day is Serious Business
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Mar 20, 2013 - Frances Moore Lappé on how countries and cities around the world, from Bhutan to Boston, are measuring well-being beyond GDP.
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Three Tactics for a Stronger Climate Movement
by Melanie Jae Martinposted Mar 19, 2013 - In January, the Sierra Club reversed a 121-year-old ban on civil disobedience to reflect the urgency of climate change. The move presents an opening for radical groups to try new tactics like the three discussed here.
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