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Will the 99% Outbid the Billionaires Trying to Buy the LA Times?
by YES! online staffposted May 16, 2013 - 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.
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Why Sharing News About Solutions Is a Revolutionary Act
by Frances Moore Lappéposted May 10, 2013 - 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.
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Live from Denver: The Fight for a Stronger Media
posted Apr 01, 2013 - 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.
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Donald Trump Picks the Wrong Scottish Farmers to Brawl With
by Chris Francisposted Mar 29, 2013 - 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.
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Is There Inspiration in Your Media Diet?
by Sarah van Gelderposted Feb 10, 2013 - 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.
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Remembering Aaron Swartz, “Alpha Geek” and Defender of Online Freedom
by Micah L. Sifryposted Jan 17, 2013 - 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.
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A Feel-Good Movie about Fracking? YES! Interviews Producer of “Promised Land”
by Fran Kortenposted Jan 07, 2013 - 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.
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Why Won’t the Wall Street Journal Cover the Cooperative Economy?
by Gar Alperovitz, Keane Bhattposted Dec 20, 2012 - Cooperative businesses are proliferating quickly, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the Wall Street Journal.
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In Hurricane Sandy Relief, a Reminder of Occupy’s Original Spirit
by Jeffrey Lawrence, Luis Moreno-Caballudposted Nov 28, 2012 - 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.
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Infographic: Occupy Movement Bears Fruit
posted Sep 17, 2012 - 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.
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What’s Red and Black and Controlled Independently by Students?
by Polina Marinovaposted Aug 31, 2012 - 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.
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Canada’s Music of Protest
by Ian MacKenzieposted Jun 07, 2012 - 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.
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Quebec’s Student Revolt Goes Viral
by Mark Englerposted May 29, 2012 - Inside the biggest demonstration of civil disobedience in Canadian history.
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No News is Bad News for Nonprofit Journalism
by Josh Stearnsposted May 03, 2012 - Nonprofit news organizations are winning awards and covering issues mainstream media doesn’t, so why is the IRS clamping down on nonprofit media?
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Who Really Gets Burned With Tort Reform?
by Doug Pibelposted Mar 23, 2012 - It’s not about protecting ordinary people. It’s about the profits of the people and corporations who cause injuries.
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