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Shelter from the Storm: an interview with Reverend Lee T. Wesley
by Dee Axelrodposted Dec 12, 2005 - For the Reverend Lee T. Wesley, whose Baton Rouge congregation helped shelter 500 displaced New Orleans residents, the flood washed up more than the detritus of a city. The receding waters revealed hard truths about poverty and racism. YES! senior editor Dee Axelrod spoke with him by phone at his Community Bible Baptist Church.
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Reaching for Higher Ground: an interview with Russell Henderson
by Sarah Ruth van Gelderposted Dec 12, 2005 - No-bid contracts. “Opportunity” zones. Massive federal spending. Big decisions are being made about the Gulf region, but what do residents and evacuees want? YES! editor Sarah van Gelder interviews Russell Henderson, a resident of New Orleans and a convener of the Rebuild Louisiana Coalition.
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Letter from the Editor
by Sarah Ruth van Gelderposted Dec 12, 2005
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Resurrect New Orleans: a better city is possible
by Van Jonesposted Nov 30, 2005 - In post-Katrina New Orleans, will casinos, big business, and tourism displace people and the culture of the Big Easy? How will the city protect itself from future storms and rising seas? New Orleans could be rebuilt to serve its residents, poor and rich, and prosper in harmony with its watery ecosystem.
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Finding Safe Harbor
by Debra McKinneyposted Nov 09, 2005 - Safe Harbor is a nonprofit hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, a kind of sanctuary where people coming out of shelters or off the streets can stay while they work some things out.
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Discussion Guide for Spiritual Uprising
posted Nov 08, 2005
- Explore questions: Has religion lost its edge? Are churches now centers at best of apathy, at worst of right-wing reaction? Is organized religion now so sectarian that work across denominations is impossible? and more.
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Out of Time
by Jonathan Roweposted Nov 08, 2005 - The desperate quest to cram more into time has caused it to diminish. Could the cure for time scarcity be a vision of the Eternal?
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Altar Your Abode
by Lori Hall Steeleposted Nov 08, 2005
- Sacred spaces are being created in homes from coast to coast, with closets, corners, and bedrooms converted to places that serve as soul-quieting antidotes to modern stress.
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I Stand With You Against the Disorder
by Jeanette Armstrongposted Nov 08, 2005 - An indigenous woman invites us to learn how America’s rootless culture looks to a people who are “dream and land together”
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Make a Living-With Dignity
by Michael Ramosposted Nov 08, 2005
- The religious community, labor unions, and community groups have come together to sponsor 122 living wage ordinances in towns large and small throughout the United States.
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Java Justice
by Dee Axelrodposted Nov 08, 2005 - A Jewish Ugandan coffee farmer partners with Christian and Muslim neighbors to produce jobs, understanding, and a great coffee. Thanksgivingcoffee.com
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Losing Power in Standby Mode
by Valerie Doyleposted Nov 08, 2005
- The average American household continually leaks about 50 watts of electricity. Eliminating that trickle, would save $1 billion annually in wasted electricity.
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Sustainable Fashion
by Andrew Lovejoyposted Nov 08, 2005
- Clothing from companies that use sustainable materials and manufacturing practices
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Sunscreen Safety
by Lilja Ottoposted Nov 08, 2005
- Because of serious concerns about the safety of chemical sun screens, mineral filters appear to be a better choice.
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Chad-Cameroon Project Violates Human
Rights
by Sarah Fortposted Nov 08, 2005
- One of Africa’s largest development projects, the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline, is producing human rights violations along with its oil, says Amnesty International.
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