In recent years, increasing the power and independence of young women has brought dramatic decreases in pregnancies and sexual abuses.
Analysis
While trust in corporate news has gone down over the past few years, trust in independent news is strong.
It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.
Are you going to eat that? Because the food industrial complex is the stuff of nightmares.
It’s time for cities to reverse a shrinking workforce and build resilience in the face of climate change.
Can we get to a post-carbon world? Guy Dauncey shows how to make buildings, electricity, transportation, food, and forests climate friendly. Yes, we can.
Big corporation have become de facto governments, and the ethic that dominates corporations has come to dominate society. But, citizen movements are proving that we can take on corporate power, and together build a future that works for all life. This article gives hope on how to change the current corporate rule to citizen rule.
Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.
The dynamics of sex and politics in Chile are slowly changing with the election of Michelle Bachelet, South America's first female President. However, tensions persist between the conservative Catholic Church, the male-oriented political elite, and women who are becoming increasingly economically empowered.
Latin America's marginalized are mobilizing and changing the face of their nations' politics. From increasing national oil profits to rethinking regional trade plans, they are empowering themselves and lessening their dependence on the U.S.
Economic globalization is driving workers north. They increasingly leave their rights at the border.
In 1948, the world agreed on rights that belong to everyone. This Magna Carta for humanity sets a high bar that few governments clear.
The U.S. has a proud history of advancing human rights—and sometimes forgetting them. Historian Eric Foner proposes we give humility and respect a try.
Judy Wicks learned how to build community, run a legendary restaurant, and start a national movement for just and sustainable business--all without leaving home.
In a world where everything's for sale, we've forgotten that much of value happens outside the stream of commerce. Here's how we forgot--and how we're reclaiming the commons.
Our current economy is failing us, but there are alternatives. The roots of small-scale, local economies are in place. We can make them grow.
In the 2004 election, more than 3 million
ballots were never counted. Palast explains where they went,
but also provides an example of hopeful voting reform in New
Mexico.
Americans spend the most, get the least, and have no health care security. The solution is not that difficult.
Why is all this gloom and doom appearing in YES? The first step toward a positive future at the individual, community, society, or global level is to address seriously the problem at hand and take meaningful action.
In danger of losing their vote and voice, Americans are demanding a return to the founding principles.
As signs of climate change grow, and leaders lack political will to change course, people are acting in community to create a world that works for all.
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.
Social security privatization, the collapse of
private pensions, low rates of savings -- what should we
do?
It turns out there is a reason humans live decades after our reproductive years end, a reason obscured by reference to "the golden years" and endless products designed to keep us young. The truth is we need our elders to be elders.
How might we get around with less oil? Here’s a 12-step program to kick our addiction to gas guzzling.
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