WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  FROM THE NEW ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE Animals Among Us Sarah van Gelder   |   Mar 08, 2011 Should we eat animals? Can we save our ailing wildlife? What can animals teach us about caring for the planet and each other? The Spring 2011 issue of YES! Magazine explores our relationship with other creatures.   MORE » TABLE OF CONTENTS   |  BUY THIS ISSUE   |   SUBSCRIBE PLANET   In the Built Environment, the Tyranny of the Big, the Beauty of the Small Jason McLennan   |   Mar 11, 2011 Green building leader Jason McLennan on ways to keep our buildings and cities at a healthy, human scale.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   “This is Not Democracy”— Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Bill Passes Brooke Jarvis   |   Mar 10, 2011 In a controversial move, Republicans maneuvered the passage of Wisconsin’s assault on collective bargaining after three weeks of protests. How’d they do it, and what happens next?   MORE » Why Every American Should Care About Wisconsin Amy B. Dean   |   Mar 04, 2011 The debate in Wisconsin doesn’t just apply to union members and public workers—it applies to every American who cares about our fundamental rights as citizens.   MORE » HAPPINESS   What Is Democratic Education? Isaac Graves   |   Mar 09, 2011 Sure, we teach democracy in our schools—but we need to practice it there, too.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   Mahlon Mitchell: The Middle Class Needs to Stick Together Robby Mellinger   |   Mar 08, 2011 Firefighters weren’t directly included in the anti-union bill that sparked the protests in Madison. Lieutenant Mahlon Mitchell on why they’re taking to the streets, anyway.   MORE » On the Origin of Corporations David Korten   |   Mar 07, 2011 David Korten: How the buccaneers and privateers of days past came to be the Wall Street profiteers of the present.   MORE » How Wisconsin Could Turn Austerity into Prosperity: Own a Bank Ellen Brown   |   Mar 05, 2011 An answer to state budget woes that doesn’t need to involve sacrificing workers’ rights.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Haitian Renaissance: Youth Paint a New Country Beverly Bell   |   Mar 07, 2011 How a community art program in Haiti is empowering young people to express their hope for a better future.   MORE » PHOTO ESSAY OF THE WEEK    Photo Essay: Domesticated Feb 11, 2011 One photographer’s take on the mystery of the wild, and our constant efforts to tame it.   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