WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PEACE & JUSTICE   My First Vote May 06, 2011 “I was overjoyed when I got my voter registration card. I was a real citizen!” Ex-offenders on reclaiming the human right to vote.   MORE » I’m Looking for Justice, Not Vengeance Brooke Jarvis   |   May 03, 2011 A 9/11 widow on working for peace when the world expects you to want revenge.   MORE » Time to End the War Robert Naiman   |   May 02, 2011 Let’s not let this chance for peace slip by us.   MORE » HAPPINESS   The Public Library Manifesto David Morris   |   May 06, 2011 Why libraries matter, and how we can save them.   MORE » Violence Disguised as Religion Pastor Don Mackenzie   |   May 03, 2011 Pastor Don Mackenzie on how to keep religion from being used to justify hatred and suffering.   MORE » PLANET   Photo Essay: Crude Reflections from the Amazon Lou Dematteis   |   May 04, 2011 After enduring years of toxic dumping and rising cancer rates, indigenous Ecuadorians took oil giant Chevron to court to fight for the life of the rainforest—and its people.   MORE » What the “We’re Not Broke” Backlash Means for the Climate Tom Athanasiou   |   Apr 29, 2011 What do the deficit, budget, and tax battles now raging across America and Europe have to do with solving climate change? More than you think.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   The New Economy: Design for Life David Korten   |   May 02, 2011 Can we design a self-correcting society?   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    The Adventures of a Stubborn Grandmother May 06, 2011 From StoryCorps, a funny, poignant interview between a strong-willed woman, her son, and her granddaughter.   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