WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PEOPLE POWER   An American Uprising? Sarah van Gelder   |   Feb 18, 2011 It took awhile, but Wisconsin shows that the poor and middle class of the U.S. may be ready to push back. Madison may be only the beginning.   MORE » Wisconsin: Solidarity Among Workers … And Football Players Dave Zirin   |   Feb 17, 2011 As Wisconsin’s public workers fight to keep their wages and bargaining rights, they’re joined by others involved in a labor struggle: their Super Bowl champion neighbors.   MORE » Thank You, Egypt Adrienne Maree Brown   |   Feb 11, 2011 An American organizer on Egypt’s lessons in people power.   MORE » PLANET   Sitting In with Wendell Berry Jeff Biggers   |   Feb 17, 2011 “We had no other alternative.” An interview with poet Wendell Berry midway through his four-day sit-in in the Kentucky governor’s office.   MORE » My Life as an Accidental Activist Colin Beavan   |   Feb 15, 2011 Colin Beavan didn’t set out to lead a movement. But that’s where he ended up. Here’s how a regular guy found he had the power to change the world…   MORE » HAPPINESS   “Localization is the Economics of Happiness” Brooke Jarvis   |   Feb 16, 2011 We know what makes us happy—but too often our economic decisions stand in the way. Helena Norberg-Hodge, director of the Economics of Happiness, on how to change all that.   MORE » National Treasures Valerie Williams   |   Feb 14, 2011 How one Baltimore-born Motown veteran is preserving two of the country’s most precious resources: wild mustangs and at-risk children.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   YES! We Can Reinvent a Failed Prison System Sarah van Gelder   |   Feb 16, 2011 YES! Magazine’s summer issue will grapple with how to solve the U.S.’s prison problem. Here's a look at what we’re planning—and a chance to share your ideas.   MORE » Lentils and Justice for All Christa Hillstrom   |   Feb 14, 2011 It all begins with food: How to restore the health and wealth of inner-city communities.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   A Real-Market Alternative David Korten   |   Feb 15, 2011 David Korten: The economic choice we face is no longer between capitalism and communism, but rather between Wall Street and Main Street.    MORE » PHOTO ESSAY OF THE WEEK    No Impact Week Photo Awards Feb 15, 2011 Food, energy, giving back, and more: The winning entries from January’s No Impact Week participants.   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