People Power

How To Build a People’s Movement
by Seth Borgos
Aug 17, 2011
Now’s the time to challenge economic orthodoxy—but only a massive social movement can turn things around.
Film Review: Carbon Nation
by Robert Mellinger
Aug 16, 2011
Take a trip across the United States to find out who is developing low-carbon solutions.
What a 10-Year-Old Did to Stop the Tar Sands
by Angela Sterritt
Aug 15, 2011
Why a First Nations student from British Columbia is taking on a controversial trans-Canadian pipeline project—through song.
How You Can Get Started Building a New Economy
by David Korten
Aug 15, 2011
No one of us can do it alone. If, however, we each contribute according to our distinctive gifts and circumstances, together we can turn the human course.
The Down and Dirty Movement to Reinvent Farming
Aug 13, 2011
The Greenhorns documentary follows young farmers who are digging their way to an agricultural revolution.
The Best Bills of 2011
by Progressive States Network
Aug 12, 2011
Dig beneath the gloom: 13 positive, progressive state bills that could turn things around in the years to come.
How Art Can Turn the World Inside Out
Aug 11, 2011
In Paris, Palestine, Peru, and beyond—guerrilla artist JR asks the people of the world share their faces to transform urban landscapes into stories.
Join In: The People v. the Pipeline
Aug 11, 2011
Join us for a live Twitter chat at 8 p.m. EST with YES! executive editor Sarah van Gelder, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, and others on the controversial tar sands pipeline and the mass civil disobedience kicking off next week to fight it.
Vincent Harding: Let Us Dance
by Vincent Harding
Aug 10, 2011
The civil rights leader’s reflections on his 80th birthday.
Keeping Faith With Peace
by Valerie Schloredt
Aug 05, 2011
On the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jesuit Priest Bill Bichsel talks about why he went to prison for a future without nuclear weapons.
How The Impossible Becomes Ordinary
by Rebecca Solnit
Aug 04, 2011
Hope requires care and feeding. Rebecca Solnit on how she keeps it alive.
A Poet Rewrites the War on Drugs
by Madhu Suri Prakash
Aug 03, 2011
After the death of his son, poet Javier Sicilia gave voice to the anguish of the Mexican people—and started a powerful movement of moral indignation against the senseless slaughter of the war on drugs.
The Bookstore After Borders: Protecting Creativity from Consolidation
by Stacy Mitchell
Aug 01, 2011
From books to music, why retail consolidation is bad news for creativity—and what can be done about it.
Making Change Happen: A Three-Fold Strategy
by David Korten
Aug 01, 2011
To turn the human course, change the framing story, create a new reality, and change the rules.
Reinventing Cleveland
Aug 01, 2011
One of the poorest cities in the nation is reinvesting in itself with a model for a localized economy.