WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  NEW ECONOMY   A Small Business Boost from ... Regulations? Brooke Jarvis   |   Sep 07, 2012 Do regulations really hurt small businesses? Or do they thrive when local residents can afford their services, and a good quality of life attracts skilled workers?   MORE » 7 Ways to End the Deficit (Without Throwing Grandma Under the Bus) John Cavanagh   |   Sep 05, 2012 A new study suggests that ending the deficit doesn’t have to hurt, just as long as we cut in the right places. John Cavanagh finds seven places where budget cuts can create a more just, more secure, and more sustainable country.   MORE » HAPPINESS   Radical Homemaking ... With Houseguests? Shannon Hayes   |   Sep 07, 2012 Our home is an ecosystem: No matter how perfect we’d like to make it, as long as we live and create there it will never be sterile, still, and clean.   MORE » Make the Connections: Poverty, Obesity, and Diabetes Doug Pibel   |   Sep 04, 2012 How to fight diabetes with better policy—and cut your own diabetes risk by 93 percent.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   No Papers, No Fear: Risking Deportation at the DNC Molly Knefel   |   Sep 06, 2012 Why did ten undocumented immigrants choose to get arrested in Charlotte, even when they knew they could face deportation?   MORE » PLANET   Detroit’s Good Food Cure Larry Gabriel   |   Sep 06, 2012 What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?   MORE » Full Speed Ahead for Coal Train Opposition KC Golden   |   Sep 05, 2012 The battle over exporting coal is a crossroads for the Pacific Northwest. Will the region stay its course toward clean energy, or become a global trafficking hub for the most dangerous fossil fuel?    MORE » 5 Tools (and 1 Animal) for Quieter, Healthier Yard Work Lauren Hardy, Samantha Herndon   |   Sep 05, 2012 Tending your yard doesn’t have to be noisy, irritating, or fuel-intensive. Here’s how you can unplug.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   Widespread War on Reproductive Rights Lynsi Burton   |   Sep 04, 2012 National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So what’s with the trend of trying to limit them?   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    Yard Work Unplugged: Scything’s Quiet Comeback Sep 07, 2012 Photo Essay: Cut the grass—and the noise—with this rare opportunity to see YES! staffers work up a sweat!   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