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Why hectic times call for
a return to the family meal…
You Are Who You Eat With
“At dinner, we bridge the gaps between us by sharing our food and the stories of our lives. And the moments we spend together at the table form the basis of something remarkably profound. Call it what you will—sibling bonding, communicating respect, bridging cultures—but at the very least it is, ‘not just about food.’ It is about the way food can connect us.”
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Traditions That
Make A Family
YES! friends share the practices that help define their families. What are yours?
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 In a one-hour PBS special, “Fixing the Future,” premiering this week, David Brancaccio profiles people creating sustainable ways of living and building the new economy from the ground up.
Fixing the Future was developed in collaboration with YES! Magazine. We're delighted to offer this preview, and urge you to catch the special. We'll post further excerpts over the coming weeks.
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Trailer: Fixing the Future
David Brancaccio goes behind the scenes in communities that are creating jobs and building prosperity in our new economy. |
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Building Community: An Economic Approach
David Korten: What economic transformation has to do with building stronger, happier communities. Watch (or read) this discussion between the two Davids. |
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| From the new issue of YES! Magazine… |
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Gloomy the bunny, who hopes to be on the cover of the next issue of YES! Magazine.
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Animals and Us: Help Us Hatch Our Next Issue
Our editorial team is already looking ahead to issue #57 of YES!, when the magazine will focus on “animals among us.”
We’ll be looking at how to reframe our relationship with animals. Instead of exploiting them for any purpose that makes us money or sentimentalizing them, this issue is about building relationships with the animal world based on respect and our long-term interest in a diverse and life-filled planet.
Find out what the YES! team is planning and let us know what questions you would like us to address in this issue.
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Highlights from recent newsletters:
:: An Interstate Bicycling System
A system of bicycle routes to connect the nation? It’s happening.
:: Rocking the Cynical World
Why iconic political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg confronts fascists, Tea Parties, Glenn Beck—and his own fans.
:: 7 Ways to Transform Banking
Each of us can help build a resilient financial system that will serve real people in real communities.
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MUSIC
YES! Music for Winter
Musical inspiration while putting out this issue: listen to tracks from Kesang Marstrand’s Bodega Rose, The Sound of Sunshine, and Dar Williams’ Many Great Companions.
PHOTO ESSAYS
Protective Custody
Prison moms, in their own words.
FILM
Living Downstream
A documentary that follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she explores the seemingly unnatural causes of cancer
:: MORE FILM REVIEWS
VIDEO
“I realized, sitting there, I can’t talk to Billy Lucas, but I can talk to other isolated, miserable gay teenagers out there thinking of harming themselves.”
—Dan Savage, on why he created the “It Gets Better” YouTube channel.
Life After Bullies
How the “It Gets Better” movement is giving fresh hope to LGBT teens.
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EDITOR SARAH VAN GELDER DESCRIBES WHAT’S IN
