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July 2011 |
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What the Outside Can Do for the Inside
Family, community, and the world of ideas help prisoners cope and prepare for life after incarceration. Eight outreach programs that make a difference.
Barrios Unidos Working for Unity
Barrios Unidos works to curtail gang violence on the city streets of California by sponsoring cultural and spiritual programs in the state’s prisons. “A lot of these folks are our relatives,” says founder Daniel “Nane” Alejándrez, a veteran activist who has worked to forge truces among youth and prison gangs. “We are not the enemy against each other. We need to get these guys to think in a different way.”
The organization is based in Santa Cruz County but runs economic development programs in several other areas.
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David Korten introduces a landmark new report, “How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule.”
How to Liberate America
The dominant story of the current political debate is that the government is broke. We can’t afford to pay for public services, put people to work, or service the public debt. Yet as a nation, we are awash in money. A defective system of money, banking, and finance just puts it in the wrong places.
Raising taxes on the rich and implementing financial reforms are essential elements of the solution to our seemingly intractable fiscal and economic crisis. Yet proposals currently on the table fall far short of the need.
A newly released report of the New Economy Working Group, coordinated by the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, goes beyond the current debate to call for a deep restructuring of the institutions to which we as a society give the power to create and allocate money.
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Mahlon Mitchell
A Wisconsin firefighter protests for collective bargaining.
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Maria Aguinda
Maria led indigenous Ecuadorians against oil giant Chevron to fight for the life of the rainforest—and its people.
AMAZON BATTLE
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Bert Sacks
A peace activist defies sanctions to save lives.
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Caressa Cameron
Miss America raises awareness about HIV.
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THE YES! INTERVIEW:
“I’d Rather Have a Life than a Pile of Money”
by Fran Korten
Peter Buffett, son of famed billionaire Warren Buffett, talked with YES! Magazine Publisher Fran Korten, about his new book Life is What You Make It and the choice points of his life.
Fran Korten: As the son of a multi-billionaire, isn’t it a bit audacious to write a book advising others on how to live their lives? What gave you the courage to write this book?
Peter Buffett: Yeah, when you see my last name and my book title, “Life is What You Make It,” you’re probably thinking, “easy for you to say.” But that’s why I wrote it. People would say to me “You're so normal,” and I thought, “Why is that?” I grew up in a household that, at its core, was about egalitarianism, humanitarianism. I didn’t think there was any reason to feel entitled or special.
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Ditch the Fridge
“It’s time for me to replace my refrigerator and I was wondering if I really need another as big as the last. I’d like to downsize or be rid of it altogether.”
:: MORE GREEN LIVING TIPS
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