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Alarm over John Bolton, who has pushed for pre-emptive war in North Korea and bombing Iran, isn’t just among progressives.
Sarah van Gelder | Mar 27, 2018
We can build long-term power in our communities and help elect our favorite candidates if we work strategically, inclusively—and independently.
Sarah van Gelder | Mar 21, 2018
Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power.
Sarah van Gelder | Jan 25, 2018
The next women’s march is in the works. Although big mobilizations are important, they’re just one tactic.
Sarah van Gelder | Jan 5, 2018
Let’s say goodbye to top-down revolutions and embrace grassroots action.
Sarah van Gelder | Dec 27, 2017
When Republic Windows and Doors closed down without giving workers notice, the issue drew national attention. Since then, they’ve turned the factory into a worker-owned co-op—where they hold the power.
Sarah van Gelder | Oct 9, 2015
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are bringing back grizzlies, blocking oil equipment deliveries, getting arrested—and having a great time doing it.
Sarah van Gelder | Sep 4, 2015
University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he’s standing up to tar sands extraction.
Sarah van Gelder | Aug 28, 2015
YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
Sarah van Gelder | Aug 13, 2015
2012 was a year of superstorms, mass shootings, debt strikes, and the most spendy election ever. Here’s how last year’s most important stories will shape 2013.
Sarah van Gelder | Jan 3, 2013
We’ve learned a lot in 20 years of solutions journalism. We know that we can fix what’s broken in our communities, regardless of who inhabits the White House.
Christa Hillstrom, Sarah van Gelder, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Nov 17 2016
A four-month road trip showed me how many of us are already building a better America by working together.
Sarah van Gelder | Nov 7 2016
Partisan gridlock keeps the focus on the fight—but we might have some radical ideas in common.
Sarah van Gelder | Mar 7 2015
A multi-cultural coalition can lead the way to greener and more vibrant cities that work for all residents, says Carl Anthony in this interview with YES! executive editor, Sarah van Gelder.
Sarah van Gelder | Jul 1 1999
If Democrats want to retake government, they will need to do more than be the party that isn’t as bad as Trump, starting with closing the wealth gap.
Sarah van Gelder | Feb 20 2017
Even Trump supporters agree we can learn something from the country’s universal, low-cost health care system. It’s that good.
Sarah van Gelder | Sep 19 2017
Involving victims in the criminal justice system can lead to healing, community empowerment, and fewer repeated offenses.
Sarah van Gelder | Oct 1 2000
An online platform might be just the thing to spread around our grassroots genius.
Sarah van Gelder | Aug 9 2017
A society that fails to invest in its children, to protect its land and water, or to build a future is courting collapse.
Sarah van Gelder | Mar 28 2018