It's not democracy without independent media. 2013-05-08T11:43:44-07:00 Positive Futures Network en YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine daily 1 2009-07-02T00:33:21Z A new player has joined the high-stakes bidding war over the Tribune Company, which owns some of America’s largest newspapers: the people of the United States. Positive Futures Network YES! online staff YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-05-16T21:39:37Z Article text/html Scary stories of kidnappings and explosions lead our news feeds, but it's the good news that helps break down the myth of our own powerlessness. Positive Futures Network Frances Moore Lappé YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-05-11T01:54:09Z Article text/html A contingent from YES! is in Denver this week for the National Conference for Media Reform, where we’ll be hosting a panel on solutions journalism. Check out the conference’s livestream here. Positive Futures Network jtrimarco YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-04-08T15:56:21Z Article text/html When Donald Trump tried to develop a stretch of pristine Scottish seaside into a golf course, the feisty local community pushed back. A new documentary film tells the story. Positive Futures Network Chris Francis YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-03-29T20:23:37Z Article text/html Video: At TEDx, YES! magazine editor Sarah van Gelder discusses the “mean world syndrome” caused by excessively negative news coverage, and describes how solutions journalism creates a more balanced—and hopeful—point of view. Positive Futures Network Sarah van Gelder YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-03-03T18:17:27Z Article text/html Aaron Swartz took his own life at the age of 26, after years of legal trouble over academic articles he downloaded and intended to share. He leaves behind a legacy of thinking about the power of the internet to shape our political lives. Positive Futures Network Micah L. Sifry YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-01-18T19:38:10Z Article text/html Chris Moore, who co-produced “Good Will Hunting,” has a new film starring Matt Damon as a corporate salesman trying to open up a small town to fracking. Here, YES! publisher Fran Korten gets Moore’s take on the ideas behind the film. Positive Futures Network Fran Korten YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-01-18T17:57:31Z Article text/html Cooperative businesses are proliferating quickly, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the Wall Street Journal. Positive Futures Network Gar Alperovitz, Keane Bhatt YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-12-21T00:57:25Z Article text/html Commentators in the mainstream media have said the effective hurricane relief accomplished by Occupy Sandy represents a new direction in the movement. In fact, nothing could be closer to its founding ideas and actions. Positive Futures Network Jeffrey Lawrence Luis Moreno-Caballud YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en more stories 2012-12-07T00:55:53Z Article text/html On the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we gathered together just a few of the most vibrant projects taking place under the movement’s banner and put them in a visual format. Positive Futures Network jtrimarco YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-09-25T03:47:20Z Article text/html 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. Positive Futures Network Polina Marinova YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-09-10T19:57:10Z Article text/html All over Canada, protesters in solidarity with the students of Quebec are making noise with their pots, pans, and conversations about the society they want. Positive Futures Network Ian MacKenzie YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-06-12T18:47:29Z Article text/html Inside the biggest demonstration of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Positive Futures Network Mark Engler YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-06-01T17:00:04Z Article text/html Nonprofit news organizations are winning awards and covering issues mainstream media doesn’t, so why is the IRS clamping down on nonprofit media? Positive Futures Network Josh Stearns YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-05-04T01:29:42Z Article text/html It’s not about protecting ordinary people. It’s about the profits of the people and corporations who cause injuries. Positive Futures Network Doug Pibel YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012-03-23T16:49:34Z Article text/html