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When Her Photo Became an Anti-Feminist Meme, This College Woman Fought Back—and Thousands Joined Her
by Erika Lundahl, Rachael Stoeveposted Feb 03, 2014 - From internet memes to campus quads, young people are reworking feminism to meet today's challenges.
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To Truly Address Inequality, Let's Build a People-Centered Economy
by Laura Flandersposted Jan 30, 2014 - The high-tech hubs and natural gas drilling the president called for in his state of the union speech aren't the answer to our economic woes. Instead, we need to follow the leadership already coming from communities, workers, and small-business owners.
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Obama Calls for "Opportunity for All": 8 Policies to Make It Happen
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jan 29, 2014 - While the president outlined important steps forward last night, bolder steps are needed. Here are eight with the power to truly create the universal opportunity the president called for.
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"So My Daughter Won't Have To": Why Kelly Sue DeConnick Fights to Make Women Welcome in Comics
by Christopher Zumski Finkeposted Jan 29, 2014 - Kelly Sue DeConnick is a woman author working in the comic book industry, who's had successful titles in both mainstream and independent forms. In this Q&A, she talks about her feminism, creativity, and her love for old-school "exploitation" movies.
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Photo Essay: Pete Seeger's Life on the Hudson
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jan 28, 2014 - In December 2007, YES! editor-in-chief Sarah van Gelder interviewed Pete Seeger in his home in Beacon, New York. Seeger showed Sarah his family photo albums, his DIY solar-powered car, and, of course, a whole wall filled with banjos.
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Video: New Hampshire's Campaign to Make 2016 About Money in Politics
posted Jan 27, 2014 - At a time when politicians spend more time fundraising than making policy, the New Hampshire Rebellion aims to make political corruption the number-one issue in the 2016 election cycle.
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Why the Smartphone Became the Lightsaber of the Environmental Justice Movement
by Kristin Moeposted Jan 24, 2014 - From West Virginia to the Gulf Coast, residents of communities facing environmental problems are discovering that visual storytelling brings results. Their number-one tool is the humble smartphone.
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Paradise Farmed: Inside Kaua'i's Local Food Movement
by James Trimarcoposted Jan 23, 2014 - The issue of local food is more urgent when you're more than 2,400 miles away from the nearest continent.
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India's Own "Occupy": How a New Political Party is Battling Corruption—and Winning
by Nathan Schneiderposted Jan 22, 2014 - A few months ago, India's Aam Aadmi Party was a curiosity; now, it’s a call for pro-democracy movements elsewhere to step up their game.
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Infographic: 13 Ways Europe Does Food Safer, Cleaner, and Kinder
by YES! Editorsposted Jan 17, 2014 - How does the United States stack up against the European Union on food safety issues like GMOs, hormones, questionable chemicals, and other food additives?
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How a Great Man Put Down His Guns: Martin Luther King's Path to Nonviolence
by Mark Engler, Paul Englerposted Jan 16, 2014 - It took years of political evolution for King to understand nonviolence not merely as a moral force, but as an effective strategy for leveraging political change.
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Video: An In-Depth Look at North Carolina's Progressive "Moral Mondays" Movement
by YES! online staffposted Jan 14, 2014 - Alarmed by the ultraconservative policies of their state government, North Carolina residents are taking to the streets to say that social justice is the moral way to go.
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Travel Companies Boycott "Human Safaris" and 13 Other Victories for Tribal People in 2013
by Joanna Eedeposted Jan 10, 2014 - Times have never been tougher for indigenous people living in traditional ways. Yet 2013 saw them winning land rights, fighting misrepresentation in the media, and winning solidarity from unexpected allies.
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How a Chicago Mom Liberated a Foreclosure and Got a Home for Her Four Kids
by Laura Gottesdienerposted Jan 09, 2014 - Displaced by foreclosure, this family took direct action—and got a place to live.
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10 Clever Ideas From Around the World to Root Out Inequality (Like Fining Extreme CEO Pay)
by Sam Pizzigatiposted Jan 08, 2014 - From Switzerland to New York, it seems like people are talking more than ever about inequality—and its antidotes. Here are some of the most promising and provocative ideas from last year that could shift our course in 2014.
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