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The creative spirit, and how it moves us.

A Social Justice Tour of Oscar Winners Through the Decades
by Christopher Zumski Finke
Feb 28, 2014
The upcoming Academy Awards will recognize some of 2013’s best social justice-themed films. Here are some of our favorite past winners.
YES! Music Picks: What We've Been Listening to This Winter
by YES! online staff
Feb 24, 2014
Musical inspiration while putting out this issue.
Questions No One Knows the Answers To
Feb 17, 2014
TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions that seem to have no answers.
"Human Libraries" and Classes Taught By Babies? They're All Part of the Empathy Revolution
by Roman Krznaric
Feb 10, 2014
Empathy can be a force for radical social change, but only if we understand how to unleash it.
Photo Essay: Pete Seeger's Life on the Hudson
by Sarah van Gelder
Jan 28, 2014
In December 2007, YES! editor-in-chief Sarah van Gelder interviewed Pete Seeger in his home in Beacon, New York. Seeger showed Sarah his family photo albums, his DIY solar-powered car, and, of course, a whole wall filled with banjos.
How Cooking Can Change Your Life
Jan 28, 2014
In this powerful RSA Short, Michael Pollan shares some real talk about the difference between home cooked food and food made by corporations.
"Jazz in America" Curriculum
by Jing Fong
Jan 28, 2014
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has developed "Jazz in America," an Internet-based jazz curriculum for social studies, American history, and music classes to help students "develop imaginative thinking, creativity, curiosity, a positive self image, and a respect for their own and others' cultural heritage."
Fresh and Fly: Denver Rapper Teaches Kids to Be Gardeners Not Gangstas
by DJ Cavem
Jan 28, 2014
For Ietef "DJ Cavem" Vita, HIP HOP is not just a form of music, it's a way of life—one he's using to teach kids about cultivating the earth and eating fresh veggies.
Wild Eats, Resilient Farms, and Freedom From Money: 3 Holiday Reads for the Radical Homemaker
by Shannon Hayes
Dec 10, 2013
Books should light up our lives—especially during the dark days of winter. Here are a few to pass along.
Photo Essay: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Joins the Green Museum Movement
by YES! Online Staff
Dec 06, 2013
LEED certification is tricky for museums, which must carefully regulate temperature and humidity. That makes this brand new building in small-town Washington all the more remarkable.
Facing Ourselves: The Climate Challenge Needs a New Kind of Bravery
by YES! online staff
Nov 28, 2013
Before fighting climate change, we must first confront our emotions about it.
These 5 Black Friday Send-Ups Remind Us to Keep Laughing, Not Shopping
by Erin Sagen
Nov 27, 2013
Think the "biggest shopping day of the year" has become too depraved to be funny? Let Louis C.K., Seinfeld, and South Park transform your anxiety into hilarity.
Being Kind
Nov 18, 2013
KarmaTube music video on kindness.
Kids Can Teach Themselves
Oct 21, 2013
In this TED Talk, 2013 TED Prize Winner Sugata Mitra believes that a child-driven education is the best way for kids to learn. Mitra shares his findings from his Granny Cloud and Hole in the Wall projects.
Inequality for All: Documentary Antidote to "Elysium Economy"
by Chuck Collins
Sep 24, 2013
From gated communities in outer space to graphs about who owns the wealth, two new films are giving Americans a window into the issue of income inequality