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A Healing Walk through Canada’s Tar Sands Dystopia

by Clayton Thomas-Muller

posted Jun 06, 2013

Cree organizer Clayton Thomas-Muller provides a deeply personal account of a ceremonial healing walk through the broken landscape of Canada’s tar sands. This year’s walk begins July 4.

Will the 99% Outbid the Billionaires Trying to Buy the LA Times?

by YES! online staff

posted May 16, 2013

A new player has joined the high-stakes bidding war over the Tribune Company, which owns some of America’s largest newspapers: the people of the United States.

Worker-Owned Window Factory Opens for Business

posted May 09, 2013

When the company known as Republic Windows and Doors closed its Chicago factory, the workers raised the money to buy back the company themselves. The worker-owned cooperative they formed opens today.

Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops

by YES! online staff

posted Apr 18, 2013

Space is expensive in Brooklyn, so Gotham Greens built their urban farm on a rooftop.

For the Bullied and Beautiful

posted Apr 15, 2013

In this sometimes humorous and painfully true TEDTalk, Shane Koyczan's spoken-word poem, "To This Day," shares the anguish of being bullied and the will to survive.

A Portlandia Sendup of Tiny House Living

by YES! online staff

posted Apr 11, 2013

Portlandia’s Kumail Nanjiani visits a tiny house and asks some of the questions on everybody’s mind.

Remembering Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s Master Storyteller

by YES! online staff

posted 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.”

Puget Sound Tribe Plans for Rising Seas

by Benjamin Drummond, Sara Steele

posted Feb 25, 2013

Video: The Swinomish tribe could lose up to 15 percent of their land on low-lying Fidalgo Island to climate-change related sea level rise. They’re working with planners to make sure they can survive—and thrive—in the region’s changing climate.

Oakland Youth Swap Fast Food for Fresh Food

by YES! online staff

posted Feb 12, 2013

Video: A group of young people in West Oakland are taking control of what they eat and using pedal power to bring local groceries to produce-strapped communities.

Neighborhood Chalkboard Reveals Secrets and Dreams

posted Feb 01, 2013

TEDTalk by Candy Chang on connecting communities through art, sharing, and usable public spaces.

What a Wonderful World, from David Attenborough

posted Dec 24, 2012

A beautiful short film that will remind you it is, indeed, a wonderful world.

Animal Odd Couples

posted Dec 21, 2012

Are animals capable of feeling emotions? PBS Nature shares evidence that humans are not the only ones on the planet who cares, loves, and empathizes. Meet five animal odd couples.

Writing Love Letters to Hundreds of Strangers “Absolutely Healed Me”

posted Dec 18, 2012

To cope with intense loneliness after moving to New York City, Hannah Brencher offered to write an old-fashioned love letter to any stranger who needed one. She never guessed how many people she would ultimately reach.

20 Machines for a DIY Civilization

posted Dec 06, 2012

Video: Open Source Ecology has released free plans for building tractors, brick compressors, and other essential machines. Why pay more for stuff that's designed to fall apart?

“Africa for Norway” Global Aid Spoof Goes Viral

by Ayla Harbin

posted Nov 30, 2012

“There’s heat enough for Norway, if Africans would share,” quips this parody of overblown charity fundraisers that’s blowing up the Web. The purpose? To swap stereotypes for real needs.