WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PEOPLE POWER   Why Mitt Romney’s Health Care Plan Won’t Fix Our Budgets—Or Our Bodies Madeline Ostrander   |   Oct 19, 2012 According to Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, letting consumers make choices in the market will bring down health care costs. YES! Senior Editor Madeline Ostrander shows why that’s not the cure we’re after.   MORE » Why “No Impact Man” Colin Beavan Is Running for Congress Madeline Ostrander   |   Oct 19, 2012 In this interview, Colin Beavan speaks with YES! Senior Editor Madeline Ostrander about the goals, strategies, and platform behind his run for Congress in New York.   MORE » Green Party’s Jill Stein: A Missing Voice in Presidential Debates Sarah van Gelder   |   Oct 17, 2012 The Green Party wasn’t represented at Tuesday’s presidential debate. Here’s what we might have heard if Jill Stein had gotten her say.   MORE » Keystone XL: Texas Farmer Battles TransCanada’s “Tainted Money” Candice Bernd   |   Oct 15, 2012 After realizing she’d been misled into signing a contract with TransCanada, Susan Scott took the company’s money and buried it in the ground. Then she joined the movement to stop the pipeline.   MORE » HAPPINESS   As Parents Learn More About Health, Will Doctors Listen? Shannon Hayes   |   Oct 18, 2012 Many doctors and nurses refuse to respect the knowledge of parents about their kids’ health. Shannon Hayes explains why they might be missing a lot.   MORE » PLANET   Alberta Tar Sands Illegal under Treaty 8, First Nations Charge Kristin Moe   |   Oct 17, 2012 In 1899, First Nations in northern Alberta signed a treaty with Queen Victoria that enshrined their right to practice traditional lifeways. Today, it’s the basis for a legal challenge to Shell Oil’s mining of tar sands.   MORE » 5 Ways to Protect the Rights of Future Generations Melanie Jae Martin   |   Oct 16, 2012 This fall, 150 women gathered in the desert town of Moab, Utah, to discuss the changes we would need to respect the rights of future generations.   MORE » Proposition 37 Targeted by “Misleading” Ad Campaigns Corey Hill   |   Oct 15, 2012 A ten-day ad blitz courtesy of companies like Cargill, Monsanto, and Syngenta has swayed many voters against a ballot initiative to label foods containing genetically modified organisms. Yet supporters still expect the initiative to pass.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Farmers, Workers, Consumers, Unite! New Visions in Food Justice Yvonne Yen Liu   |   Oct 15, 2012 How do we make sure that our food contributes to the health of our communities and ecosystems?   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    Photo Essay: Israelis and Palestinians Join Up to Rebuild Homes Oct 18, 2012 Volunteers from both the Jewish and Arab sides of the conflict join forces to rebuild homes demolished by the Israeli government.    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