Walking: The Secret Ingredient for Health, Wealth, and More Exciting Neighborhoods It's been called "America's untrendiest trend." The evidence that millions of people are finally walking again is as solid as the ground beneath our feet. Jay Walljasper Dec 03, 2014
Creeped Out by "Baby, It's Cold Outside"? Try This Feminist Version In the original song, she wants to go home, he says no, and then he spikes her drink. Blogger Dara Laine replaces the uncomfortable Christmas refrain with the female-friendly "Baby, It's Consent Inside." Dec 24, 2014
Book Review: After Landing Herself in ICU, This Woman Changed Her Lifestyle, and Built a Tiny House In building her tiny house, the author built a simpler and happier life. Abby Quillen Dec 16, 2014
Can Empathy for Birds Make Us Happier? Ten Breakthroughs in the Science of a Meaningful Life Last year, scientists found that gratitude makes us financially smarter, mindfulness reduces racism, a little sadness makes for healthier people, and compassion for birds could help tackle climate change. Jeremy Adam Smith Jan 08, 2015
A Radical Homemaker on How to De-Stress, Have Fun, and Stay Healthy This Christmas Tired of the spending that goes along with the holidays? The gifting frenzy? The stress? Maybe this is the year to blend a few new ideas into your holiday routine. Shannon Hayes Dec 23, 2014
What the Classics Can Teach Us About Cherishing Holiday Foods, From A Christmas Carol to Moby Dick Can we find our way back to treasuring what comes from far away while reveling in local, abundant foods, whose proximity makes them affordable and sustainable? Nina Bunker Ruiz Dec 16, 2014
When Christmas Dinner Gets Uncomfortably Political, These Cues From “House of Cards” and Other Shows Can Help You Out This year’s most popular movies and TV series can be a tool to work your way out of a particularly bad conversation. Kate Aronoff Dec 19, 2014
“They’re driven by love. And they’re fierce.” Naomi Klein on the Climate Heroes Who Inspire Her From Native activists to urban youth, new leadership finds ways to deal with climate chaos. Sarah van Gelder Jan 07, 2015
12 Hashtags That Changed the World in 2014 Slacktivism? Not so much. From #BlackLivesMatter to #BringBackOurGirls, this year's best hashtags around issues of social justice brought fresh voices into some of our most important conversations. Lindsey Weedston Dec 19, 2014
Video: This Philly Beauty Salon and Rehab Clinic Helps People Heal—With a Little Magical Realism A new documentary, "Hollywood Beauty Salon," lets people who struggle with mental illness and addiction tell their own stories in unexpected ways. YES! Editors Dec 19, 2014
Neighbors Helped This Immigrant-Owned Dry Cleaner in Boston Go Nontoxic—and Stay in Business Organizations that aim to reduce the use of toxic chemicals have long focused on shutting down offending businesses. But this story from Boston shows another way. Chuck Collins Dec 16, 2014
Vermonters Lobby for Public Bank—And Win Millions for Local Investment Instead Advocates didn’t get the public bank they wanted. But the compromise they reached in the end was still a rare and significant win over Wall Street banks. Alexis Goldstein Jan 06, 2015
We Don't Need Santa's Magic When We Already Have Our Own Magic is about stepping into our power, about uniting our intentions with the natural world to create something better, something deeper. Shannon Hayes Dec 16, 2014
Ridley Scott's Weak Defense of "Exodus" Casting Will Help You Understand Why Hollywood's So White All the main characters are played by white people. It doesn't really have to be that way. Christopher Zumski Finke Dec 12, 2014
"Forgiveness Is Liberating": Desmond Tutu On Healing A Nation's Racist Past In 1997, he asked: "Who could have thought we would ever be an example, except of awfulness; who could ever have thought we would be held up as a model to the rest of the world?" Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States. Desmond Tutu Dec 12, 2014
