YES! Blogs

Most recent articles by Sarah van Gelder.

If the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador can resist the mining industry, maybe we all can.

I've learned to embrace the dreams I most deeply desire, but also the burdens that so often work against them.

Books should light up our lives—especially during the dark days of winter. Here are a few to pass along.

If it takes being a "controlling wife" to make my husband value his own health over his love for his family, I'm going to do it.

The profits of corporate giants that crash our economy and corrupt our politics deserve your outrage. But the efforts to curb them need your creative energy.

Stepping into the realm of creativity can be scary for little ones. But reward for sticking with it is the powerful feeling of making something beautiful with your own hands.

Self-reliant farmer types may not think they need help from the government. But they need affordable health insurance at least as much as the rest of us.

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

We think of gold as a sign of prosperity, but the farmers and communities most affected by mining just want their rivers and land back.

To transform economically and socially depressed areas into healthy, vibrant communities, we have to focus on their strengths and trust residents to solve their own problems.

Living a happy life in love is the most important sexual education we can give our kids.

Starting the process of change in a place you know well makes it more doable and fun.

I've built a life filled with work I love. But the challenge of choosing among competing joys is very real.

It feels bad to throw away the crayon drawings and unfinished projects. But the memories stored there can never really be lost.