WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  NEW ECONOMY   The Power of Local Jeff Milchen   |  feb 18, 2010 Local businesses are educating communities, changing economic policies, and even outperforming chain competitors.   MORE » HAPPINESS   Head, Heart, and Hands: Breaking the Cycle of Religious Fear Sheikh Jamal Rahman   |  Feb 18, 2010 The need to engage in interfaith dialogue has never been greater. By learning the foundations of each other's faiths, we can learn to respect and connect with one another so we may work together to build a better world.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE    After the Earthquake: Beverly Bell in Haiti Beverly Bell   |  Feb 17, 2010 How Haiti’s grassroots movements are working to protect democracy, economic justice, and women’s rights.    MORE » Haiti: Aftermath of the Earthquake Willie Davis   |  Feb 16, 2010 Photo Essay: Photographer Willie Davis offers a glimpse into the fallout of the Haitian earthquake, capturing the devastation, life in tent cities, and resilience.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   A Prairie Populist Leaves the Senate Jonathan Rowe   |  Feb 16, 2010 Jonathan Rowe on the retirement of his friend Byron Dorgan, a champion of workers and farmers and an early opponent of deregulating the banking industry.   MORE » Lessons from Howard Zinn Anthony Arnove   |  Feb 16, 2010 The late historian and activist was a compelling example of someone committed to, and enjoying to its fullest, a life of struggle.   MORE » We Won’t Bow Down Rebecca Solnit   |  Feb 15, 2010 The tradition of Carnival teaches us that resistance to the status quo can be a pleasure and an adventure.   MORE » video of the week    Brett Dennen’s Empathy Song Feb 11, 2010 Musician Brett Dennen sings about empathy, not entropy, for the Mosaic Project, a nonprofit outdoor education program focused on building positive relationships based on respect.   MORE » YES! Magazine  ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA CONTACT US VIA EMAIL  ::  Phone: 206-842-0216 / 1-800 937 4451 We never sell or share our email list. To remove yourself from this list, go back to your email and click the unsubscribe link at the top.  Please add yesnewsletters@yesmagazine.org to your email address book to ensure delivery.   If this email was forwarded to you, sign up for your own YES! Magazine newsletters Each quarter, YES! Magazine takes on today’s critical issues with a fresh and positive point of view. Our stories fuse powerful ideas and practical actions, and inspire people to create a better world. YES! is an independent, non-profit, ad-free magazine printed on 100% post-consumer-waste paper. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL RATE