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Cartoon: Naughty Children, Then and Now
by Joe Mohrposted Sep 27, 2012 -
Libyan People to Americans: “This Is Not the Behavior of Our Islam”
posted Sep 13, 2012 - Photo Essay: Amid the noise of escalating violence, Benghazi citizens speak for themselves: “This does not represent us.”
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Yard Work Unplugged: Scything’s Quiet Comeback
by Doug Pibelposted Sep 07, 2012 - Photo Essay: Cut the grass—and the noise—with this rare opportunity to see YES! staffers work up a sweat!
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YES! Music Picks: Fall 2012
posted Aug 01, 2012 - Musical inspiration while putting out the Fall 2012 issue.
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Quote: Eduardo Galeano
posted Aug 01, 2012 - A quote from Eduardo Galeano, from It's Your Body, the Fall 2012 issue of YES! Magazine. Download it here.
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Bidder 70: The Tim DeChristopher Story
by Samantha Herndonposted Aug 01, 2012 - Last year, climate activist Tim DeChristopher went to jail for bidding $1.7 million (that he didn't have) to save 22,000 acres of public land from corporate extraction.
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Minnesota’s Ground Zero for Unjust Evictions
posted Jul 18, 2012 - A glitch in PNC Bank’s online payment system meant the Cruz family’s home fell into foreclosure, putting it at the center of a committed community stand-off.
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Inside America’s Worst Toxic Waste Cover-Up
by Valerie Schloredtposted Jul 18, 2012 - Film Review: The Big Fix exposes BP’s efforts to minimize awareness of North America’s biggest oil spill.
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A Pastor, a Rabbi, and an Imam Walk Into a Book ...
by Jenn Carretoposted Jul 04, 2012 - In "Religion Gone Astray," three leaders—and friends—from different religions take on violence, exclusivity, gender inequality, and homophobia in some of their scriptures' most controversial verses. What they discovered surprised them.
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The Achilles' Heel of the American Dream
by Sean Burnsposted Jun 28, 2012 - Book Review: “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power” profiles the radical, working-class movements of the '60s and '70s—a guide for transformation today.
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One Day On Earth
posted Jun 15, 2012 - What does a given moment look like on the other side of the globe? A new documentary captures a single day in every country on Earth.
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Photos from YES! Magazine's 2nd Annual Celebration of People Power
posted Jun 08, 2012 - On Wednesday, Alice Walker, Frances Moore Lappé, Makana, and Puanani Burgess joined hundreds of YES! readers in Seattle to celebrate our power to build the world we want. Here are a few photos from that incredible evening.
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
posted Jun 04, 2012 - How the poet, activist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author has changed the world with her words.
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You Can’t Ban History
posted May 31, 2012 - An artist's response to Arizona's ban on ethnic studies.
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Pete Seeger: Forever Young
posted May 16, 2012 - You’re never too old to change the world.
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