Judy Wicks: In Business for Life
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.
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How Commerce Consumed the Commons
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.
Independence from the Corporate Global Economy
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.
Recipe for a Cooked Election
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.
Health Care: It’s What Ails Us
Americans spend the most, get the least, and have no health care security. The solution is not that difficult.
How Likely Is Collapse?
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.
Democracy: the (Re)Claiming of Democracy
In danger of losing their vote and voice, Americans are demanding a return to the founding principles.
Sustainability: Planet at the Crossroads
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.
Resurrect New Orleans: a better city is possible
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.
Retirement Crisis, Real or Imagined? Moral and Economic Questions on Social Security
Social security privatization, the collapse of
private pensions, low rates of savings -- what should we
do?
What Is Old Age For?
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.
Getting There on Less
How might we get around with less oil? Here鈥檚 a 12-step program to kick our addiction to gas guzzling.
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