Maria Klemperer-Johnson is getting women ready for a growing and high-paying field by teaching them to build eco-friendly tiny homes.
From gated communities in outer space to graphs about who owns the wealth, two new films are giving Americans a window into the issue of income inequality
At Yes! Magazine's event at Seattle Town Hall, Vandana Shiva gives deep insight into the struggles farmers—and eaters—are facing today.
The decentralization and bank-free nature of this digital currency is enjoying wider acceptance. Meanwhile, governments are beginning to borrow from its ideas.
When it comes to solving the climate crisis, the world can't afford to ignore women's voices.
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molina’s human trafficking story was typical. What’s remarkable is what she did next.
What can we do to help men like Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooter, find another way to deal with their trauma? The story of Michael Hill suggests that kindness is part of the answer.
The future of corporate responsibility means hearing firsthand from factory workers about their conditions.
The controversial Law of Parties expands the guilt for murder to include accomplices and those who knew the crime was going to occur.
At events known as "Stand Downs," which take place in more than 200 cities and towns across the United States, vets from all walks of life gather to support one another.
Now that the encampments are gone, what do we have to show for our movement? As it turns out, quite a bit.
Author Rebecca Solnit brings you back to the encampments of Occupy, and to the months that forged new friendships, changed the horizons of possibility, and terrified elites.
We think of gold as a sign of prosperity, but the farmers and communities most affected by mining just want their rivers and land back.
When about 97 percent of India's vultures died due to eating carcasses that contained a drug called diclofenac, it caused a boom in the feral dog population. The resulting rabies epidemic cost India billions of dollars between 1993 and 2006.
Guerrilla grafting, crop mobs, and other ways to make the fruits of your labor go further.
The oil giant reputation it becoming notorious as shareholders, mayors, and indigenous people criticize its actions.
In Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other cases, the people protested and got war anyway. Why—at least, so far—has the story played out differently with Syria?
To transform economically and socially depressed areas into healthy, vibrant communities, we have to focus on their strengths and trust residents to solve their own problems.
Training farms known as incubators are helping immigrants and others get into farming. But Congressional wrangling over the Farm Bill has put their future in question.
A series of actions that took place this summer helped to shift the climate movement's center of gravity.
National media accounts of Detroit's bankruptcy miss the growing industries, strong communities, and policy changes laying the foundation's for the city's recovery.
Many of the legal and diplomatic processes that led to peace in other times of conflict haven't even been tried yet in Syria.
From sharing to repairing, the inspiration you need to lighten your load.
Living a happy life in love is the most important sexual education we can give our kids.
For a more sustainable start to the school year, just follow the Seattle-based rapper to that thrift store down the road.
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