WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  Note from the Editor: Oops! Due to a technical error, we inadvertently sent the August 24 weekly digest two weeks in a row. Below is the newsletter that you should have received at the end of last week. My apologies for this mistake. ~Derek Hoshiko, Online Marketing Manager PEOPLE POWER   What’s Red and Black and Controlled Independently by Students? Polina Marinova   |   Aug 31, 2012 The student-run newspaper serving the University of Georgia, of course. When the board tried to take over editorial control, the student staff walked out in a final effort to make their voices heard.   MORE » RNC Demonstrators Defy Expectations of Violence Amos Miers   |   Aug 30, 2012 While Republicans spent the RNC attending corporate-sponsored parties and listening to scripted speeches, protesters’ commitment to nonviolence built solidarity beyond the usual suspects.    MORE » Obama Slams Citizens United John Bonifaz   |   Who’s the latest supporter for a constitutional amendment to overturn the controversial Supreme Court decision? Just the President of the United States. No big deal.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Photo Essay: Mexican Caravan Goes 5,600 Miles for Peace Erin Siegal   |   Aug 30, 2012 We share more than a border with the 116,000 Mexicans killed and disappeared in the War on Drugs. Take a ride across the U.S. with their families and poet Javier Sicilia on the Caravan for Peace.   MORE » PLANET   Lockdown on the Pipeline: How a Houston Businessman Helped Shut Down Keystone for a Day Candice Bernd   |   Aug 30, 2012 Supporters of landowner rights in Texas were arrested after shutting down work at the Livingston pipe yard and preventing transportation of pipes to construction sites.   MORE » Mining for Gold: A “Pact With the Devil”? John Cavanagh, Robin Broad   |   Aug 28, 2012 The economic crisis—and the rising price of gold—have spurred North American firms to reopen mines and attack environmental regulations. Here’s what we can learn from El Salvador’s moratorium on new mining permits.   MORE » HAPPINESS   Video: Elders at Risk in Ryan’s Health Care Plan Aug 29, 2012 Sarah van Gelder appears on FreeSpeech TV to explain the consequences of Republican health care plan.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   WTO Rules Against Labeling Meat Lauren Hardy   |   Aug 29, 2012 Now the U.S. has to gut a law that protects consumers from imported mystery meat—or pay the price.   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    “The Fight Against Fossil Fuel Giants Is the Fight of Our Time” Aug 28, 2012 Bill McKibben used to think that lack of action to stabilize the climate came from widespread apathy, denial, or comfort with the status quo. Here’s what made him change his mind.   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