Happiness

People We Love :: Ricardo Navarro
by Ashlee Green
Apr 13, 2010
Choosing a sustainable path.
No Car, No Problem
by Orion Kriegman
Apr 05, 2010
Car-free living not only cuts back on your greenhouse gas emissions. It also builds local community, brings families closer together, and helps support local economies.
Holy Week: A Journey Toward Community
by Pastor Don Mackenzie
Mar 22, 2010
The journey through Holy Week is a journey “out of Egypt,” because it frees us from the practices and stereotypes that keep us from moving toward a more positive future.
Banking on Change
Mar 18, 2010
With a briefcase and a motorcycle, a banker in India gets poor communities on their feet—and, in the process, blurs the lines between finance and community organizing.
Church in Our Times: Spirit and Security in the Face of Crisis
by Andrée Zaleska
Mar 15, 2010
Churches are rediscovering their role as community centers, helping to relocalize and revitalize struggling communities.
Across Race Lines
Mar 09, 2010
Sarah van Gelder discusses "America: The Remix," YES! Magazine's Spring 2010 issue.
Haitian Women Mourn the Dead, Recommit to the Living
by Beverly Bell
Mar 08, 2010
In Haiti, International Women's Day is a reminder of what women have done and are still doing to keep hope alive.
African American Farmers Go Organic, Bring Healthy Food to Southeast
by Mark Winne
Mar 05, 2010
The Southeastern African-American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON), helps members convert to organic agriculture, and organizes a farmers market in a park that was once off-limits to them.
Jen Chau Forms Swirl, Unites Communities
by Berit Anderson
Mar 04, 2010
The daughter of a white Jewish mother and a Chinese father, Jen Chau started a meet-up group called Swirl, for multiracial people who wanted to form their own networks.
Generation Mixed: Breaking the Race Barrier
by Adrienne Maree Brown
Mar 04, 2010
How the under-35 set is breaking the race barrier.
Artist Explores the "Hapa" Experience
by Ashlee Green
Mar 04, 2010
Kip Fulbeck created the book he always wanted as a kid: The Hapa Project, a series of photos and essays documenting the part-Asian experience.
Intentional Integration in Pennsauken, N.J.
by M. Paloma Pavel
Mar 04, 2010
Pennsauken, pop. 36,800, established a Stable Integration Board to oversee real-estate transactions and other efforts, and a multicultural community has flourished.
Blended Nation: Photos That Teach About the Complexities of Race
by Berit Anderson
Mar 04, 2010
Mark Tauber's Blended Nation is a book that chronicles the struggle for identity faced by mixed-race individuals.
El Otro Lado: Immigrant Stories Become Public Art
by Judy Herzl, Aaron Stern
Feb 26, 2010
How residents of Santa Fe are breaking down barriers and growing closer as a community.
Homegrown Aid in Haiti
by Beverly Bell
Feb 25, 2010
Many displaced Haitians are turning to neighbors, family, and peasant organizations in the countryside for help.