Get Hopeful For 2014: YES! Founder Sarah van Gelder Talks to Democracy Now!
From new leadership in the fight against climate change to an uprising in the education system, there's a lot to be excited about in 2014.
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10 Hopeful Things That Happened in 2013 to Get You Inspired for What鈥檚 to Come
Beyond the headlines of conflict and catastrophe, this year鈥檚 top stories offered us some powerful proof that the world can still change鈥攆or the better.
This Guy Turned a 2,000-Page Report on Climate Change into 19 Stunning Haikus
By stripping a technical report of its jargon and unfathomably large numbers, Gregory C. Johnson's haikus offer an arresting and informative entry point into climate science.
How a Cup of Nettle Tea Taught Me How To Live Well and Remember the Past
I am a Muckleshoot Indian, but little of what I used to eat bore much connection with the landscape I lived in, which had fed my ancestors for many generations. When I discovered nettle tea, it was as if I were remembering what it was like to feel well.
Less Stuff, 无码视频 Heart: 5 Gifts On a New Dad鈥檚 Christmas List
This is my first Christmas as a father. Since my baby has never known holiday commercialism, it's made me re-examine what I really want to ask for this year.
The Education of Bill McKibben: How the Unlikely Activist Learned to Break the Rules
鈥淪ometime in the course of the past decade I figured out that I needed to do more than write鈥攊f this fight was about power, then we who wanted change had to assemble some.鈥�
Boulder Votes to Break With Xcel and Start Its Own Power Utility
Why moving utilities from corporate to public control puts energy, dollars, and decisions into the hands of local communities.
Mandela’s Spirit of Forgiveness
Those in Mandela's circle were united in their compassion for the architects of the Apartheid system.
Can this Small College in Maryland Pass the Fairest Wage Policy in US Academia?
An initiative developed by staff, students, and faculty would tie the earnings of the school's highest-paid employees to those of the lowest.
We Know Who Stole the Economy鈥擭ational People鈥檚 Action Moves to Take It Back
"Listen to and work with your base to create a shared, big-picture narrative."
This New Bill Could Put 2,500 无码视频 People In Prison: Meet the Organization Trying to Stop It
"Violence is not simply shooting people. Violence is also poverty. It's also incarceration鈥攑utting people in prison is incredibly violent."
A Native Answer to “The Onion” (And 4 Other Great Things Happening on Reservations)
Native people are crafting some seriously creative and progressive ways of life, from same-sex marriages in states that don't allow it to the revitalization of indigenous languages.
TPP Protestors to Foreign Negotiators: “Don’t Let U.S. Bully You”
Negotiators from Latin American and Asian countries said they were "doing their best" to stand up to the U.S. Trade Representative.
鈥淐owboys and Indians鈥� Camp Together to Build Alliance Against Keystone XL
At the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp, tribal members and their ranchers are learning to understand each other as never before.
8 Courageous Things Harry Potter Fans Did to Fight Real-Life Dark Forces
If Harry Potter were a real person, he鈥檇 fight child labor, voter suppression, and poverty. Here are our favorite ways Harry's fans have taken his values from the page to the real world.
Six of the Top Ten U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
The profits of corporate giants that crash our economy and corrupt our politics deserve your outrage. But the efforts to curb them need your creative energy.
The Hunger Games Are Real: Teenage Fans Remind the World What Katniss Is Really Fighting For
What if we used fantasy not as an escape from our world, but an invitation to look deeper into it? How teenage fans are fighting injustice鈥攊n real life.
“Beauty Feeds a Different Kind of Hunger”: An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams
"I used to ask the question, 'Am I an activist or a writer?' I don't ask that anymore. I am simply a human being engaged."
Art for the Sky
Daniel Dancer's Art For the Sky is a unique, team-building activity for schools and special events. These enchanting creations on acres of land are a whole-body way of stimulating imagination and understanding the interconnection of people and all life.
Two Years After the Eviction of OWS, Here’s 5 People Keeping the Movement Alive
Two years ago today, when Occupy Wall Street was evicted from Zuccotti Park, many wondered what was next for the movement. Two years later, we profile five projects that got their starts in the encampments and are still making change today.
How a Small California Town Curbed a Teen Suicide Epidemic鈥擝y Talking About It
Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for 10- to 14-year-olds in rural America, and Native American kids are hit the hardest. After Indian Valley lost its sixth teenager, residents started talking about suicide out in the open鈥攁nd it's working.
Why Is It So Hard to Find Films Where Women Actually Talk to Each Other? How Sweden鈥檚 Making It Easier
Four Stockholm cinemas are adopting a system that rates films on how deeply their female characters are developed鈥攁nd how much they interact. It could radically change the way we see movies.
This 80-Year-Old Grandma Walked Hundreds of Miles to Retrace the Underground Railroad
And 14 other grannies who are shaking up the world.
How the Voters of One Small County May Have Stopped 48 Million Tons of Coal
In a council election unlike any other in the history of Whatcom County, voters sided with representatives believed to be against a proposed coal export facility.
Four Signs that Regular Folks Can Still Win (and One That Shows the Power of Money)
Here are four cases in yesterday's election where people power won out over corporate interests. And one that went the other way.
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