WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  NEW ECONOMY   How State Banks Bring the Money Home Stacy Mitchell   |   Sep 23, 2011 Big banks freeze out small business, but North Dakota’s state bank supports local jobs. The idea is catching on.    MORE » Need a Job? Create Your Own Sep 21, 2011 5 entrepreneurs who said no to corporate jobs.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Troy Davis' Last Request Sarah van Gelder   |   Sep 22, 2011 Troy Davis’ last words before his execution on Wednesday night included this call: The tragedy of American capital punishment must be brought to an end.   MORE » Standing on the Side of Peace Jen Marlowe   |   Sep 21, 2011 How one man’s journey changed everything I knew about the Middle East conflict.   MORE » HAPPINESS   Young Farmers: A Growing Movement Fran Korten   |   Sep 20, 2011 In spite of the daily discouraging environmental, political, and economic news, coaxing living things to grow somehow seems to make folks optimistic.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   Dear Big Coal: You’re Not Above the Law Sarah van Gelder   |   Sep 20, 2011 How many times can a corporation break the law and continue to exist? Inside the fight to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter.   MORE » PLANET   When Words Fail: Does a Warming World Need a New Vocabulary? Madeline Ostrander   |   Sep 19, 2011 We often don’t have the words to express our strong emotions about environmental destruction or a changing climate. Meet the man who’s trying to fix that.   MORE » YES! Magazine Blogs On No Impact Week Sep 19, 2011 With a homemade office rocket stove, a zero-waste flash mob, and a lights-out party, solutions for low-impact living are more fun than we thought. Check out our behind-the-scenes blog of the experiment.   MORE » PHOTO ESSAY OF THE WEEK    It's Our Wall Street: Inside an American Occupation Sep 23, 2011 Photo essay: Inspired by the public protests of Egypt, Tunisia, and Spain, American demonstrators are nearly a week into their "occupation" of Wall Street.   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