In these dark days, it can be helpful to keep a list of unexpected and pleasant surprises.
Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 18 books, including the groundbreaking bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet. She and her daughter, Anna Lappé, lead the Small Planet Institute. Lappé is a YES! contributing editor.
We need more than good-heartedness to save our democracy. We need the courage to act on it.
Cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies.
Just a few years ago, powerful grassroots pressure rose up to protect a free and open internet.
The political march is a tool for social transformation in itself. This one gave me a taste of the connected, empowered society I’m working to create.
Today, 800 million of us are considered “hungry,” but we produce enough calories to feed us all. Rather than a lack of food, we’re dealing with a lack of democracy.