Why Post-Sandy America Needs State Banks 无码视频 than Ever
If we the people want the sort of security in emergencies that is available to the owners of Wall Street banks, we need to own some banks ourselves.
Democracy
Remembering Rebecca Tarbotton
A tribute to the beloved environmentalist, human right activist, and executive director of the Rainforest Action Network.
9 Stories That Will Change Your World in 2013
2012 was a year of superstorms, mass shootings, debt strikes, and the most spendy election ever. Here鈥檚 how last year鈥檚 most important stories will shape 2013.
3 Ways to Make Your Vote Count in a Money-Soaked Election
Your favored candidates may be outspent, but if they out-organize, they may be able to prevail.
How Voter Suppression Could Swing the Election
It won鈥檛 be easy to protect our votes from being sidelined and stolen this year, but here are a few simple things we can do.
Dear Bank of America, We鈥檙e Not Leaving Our Homes
The fight against unjust evictions just got fiercer as the national Occupy movement joins forces with community anti-foreclosure groups.
YES! Recommends: StoryCorps
StoryCorps records and archives interviews of everyday Americans to preserve history and personal stories. Its National Teachers Initiative was created to celebrate great teachers and to highlight their invaluable contributions and influence on students and all of us.
Can There Be 鈥淕ood鈥� Corporations?
When companies are owned by workers and the community鈥攊nstead of Wall Street financiers鈥攅verything changes.
8 Ways to De-Corporatize Your Money
Debit or credit? Keep your dollars out of corporate clutches.
4 Ways to Flex Our Electoral Muscles
What we can do right now to strengthen our democracy.
Boulder Votes to Free Its Electric Company
Running their own utility means sun and wind energy instead of coal.
鈥淪ocial Security is Broke鈥濃�攁nd Other Corporate Scare Tactics
For years, corporations have been peddling myths to rally us behind their interests. Here are three things everyone 鈥渒nows,鈥� and why they're wrong.
The Corporation
Watch a new video about an eighth grade class using The Corporation film as a discussion starter. Share with your students using free curriculum from The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education.
De-Stress Your Classroom
Edutopia bundle of resources on meditation programs that can be used in school. Steps and benefits to bringing meditation to the classroom.
My Greatest Teaching Moment
High school history teacher Jesse Hagopian celebrates the moment when his students started making their own history.
Special Weapons for Fighting Corporate Giants
Revoke their charters, and other legal tools to hold corporations accountable to our laws.
Now, Let鈥檚 Occupy the Ballot
During election season, all eyes turn to politics. How do we ensure that the interests of the 99 percent are represented in the halls of power?
Change Now, Vote Later
Political answers will come when we build a network of solidarity and action that pushes on all fronts for a true democracy.
By the Numbers: The Myth of the Overtaxed Corporation
For corporations, paying for tax breaks is still the best investment around.
Where Citizens United Came From, and How to Get Rid of It
The infamous Citizens United decision was the result of a decades-long corporate campaign.
A Bold Win Against Big Oil
How people power stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline.
YES! Recommends: ServiceSpace
ServiceSpace is a movement for generosity on social and personal levels. The site features projects that inspire generous behavior and chronicle the acts of kindness of ServiceSpace volunteers.
The Legacy Project
Cornell Professor Karl Pillemer, founder of The Legacy Project: Lessons for Living from the Wisest Americans, collected over 1,500 interviews of elders on a variety of subjects. In text and video, the oldest living generations of Americans share their experiences.
Deb Richter: A Cure for Broken Health Care
Meet the doctor who uprooted her life to bring universal health care to Vermont.
Words That Inspire: Because
Instead of a letter, Terry Tempest Williams wrote a poem to nominate Lily Yeh as a YES! Breakthrough 15 Hero. The poem shared the many reasons why Lily Yeh is worthy of consideration. Who are the people students might be inspired to honor with a poem?
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