http://www.yesmagazine.org Using, protecting, and rocking the vote. daily 1 2009-07-02T00:33:21Z http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/how-to-reverse-the-corporate-coup-detat Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig discuss the Occupy movement, Citizens United, and our best options for real reform. No publisher aharbin 2012-01-27T20:03:29Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-yes-breakthrough-15/alison-smith-elections-money-cant-buy The YES! Breakthrough 15: How a quiet, stay-at-home mom became a clean-elections champion. No publisher Paul Loeb 2012-01-26T18:49:55Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/why-im-giving-up-cynicism-for-new-years Let’s be naïve enough to demand a country more like the one we were promised in high school civics class. No publisher Bill McKibben 2012-01-13T17:58:43Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/brooke-jarvis/how-cities-and-states-are-sticking-it-to-citizens-united From courthouses to statehouses, the pro-corporate ruling is under pressure. No publisher Brooke Jarvis citizens united 2012-01-06T18:21:39Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/brooke-jarvis/la-and-occupy-la-agree-its-time-to-end-corporate-personhood What’s the issue that unites the occupiers and the city they’re occupying? Getting corporate money out of politics. No publisher Brooke Jarvis citizens united 2011-12-29T21:41:21Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/we-the-people-vs.-wall-street The YES! Magazine editors are planning a new issue focused on practical ways to counter the power of corporations and Wall Street. Can you help? No publisher Sarah van Gelder 2011-12-02T21:57:36Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/an-oregon-experiment-in-citizen-governance A new law that puts voters in charge of breaking through political spin could be a first step in making policy decisions that work. No publisher Tyrone Reitman 2011-11-04T20:28:07Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/keeping-it-clean-maines-fight-for-fair-elections For more than a decade, a groundbreaking Clean Elections law has helped protect Maine politics from the influence of big money. But what’s happening now that big spenders have free rein to influence elections—and what does it mean for the rest of the country? No publisher Brooke Jarvis citizens united 2011-10-28T16:50:00Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/give-us-our-law-back-montana-fights-to-stop-corporate-corruption For nearly 100 years, Montana law prohibited corporate money in politics. Then came the Citizens United decision. No publisher Gwen Stowe citizens united 2011-08-19T05:43:43Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/brooke-jarvis/mr.-colbert-goes-to-the-fec The satirist wants to form "a megaphone made of cash"—his own super PAC. No publisher Brooke Jarvis citizens united 2011-08-19T05:37:03Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-story-of-citizens-united Annie Leonard's new film asks: Why have corporations gotten so powerful? And what can we do about it? No publisher brooke citizens united 2011-08-19T05:43:03Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/5-ways-you-can-fight-citizens-united The Story of Citizens United v FEC: How we the people can reclaim our democracy. No publisher Annie Leonard citizens united 2011-08-19T05:17:22Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-happy-families-know/legal-pros-say-no-to-citizens-united Experts call for Constitutional amendment to take back democracy from corporations. No publisher Jeffrey D. Clements and Ben T. Clements 2011-08-19T05:15:49Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/brooke-jarvis/after-the-campaign-cash-the-backlash The 2010 midterm elections—the first since Citizens United opened the floodgates to corporate campaign cash—were the most expensive in history. So what happens next? No publisher Brooke Jarvis citizens united 2011-08-19T05:16:41Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/will-the-real-voice-of-small-business-please-stand-up Small businesses and local chambers are distancing themselves from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s politics. No publisher Stacy Mitchell 2011-08-19T05:36:44Z Article