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Behind the Kitchen Door: A Must-Read for Anyone Who Eats at Restaurants

Review: 麻豆社事件 than half of the nation鈥檚 worst-paid jobs are related to food. Saru Jayaraman鈥檚 new book dives into the explosive movement for better rights for those who plant, process, and cook the food we eat.

John Cavanagh, Robin Broad | Feb 26, 2013

Largest Climate Rally in U.S. History Comes to Washington

What does it sound like when 40,000 people raise their voices for climate justice at once?

Sarah Kuck | Feb 20, 2013

Rapper Brother Ali on Privilege, Hope, and Other People鈥檚 Stories

In this exclusive interview, hip-hop artist Brother Ali talks to YES! about the personal transformations that have shaped his life and lyrics.

Fabien Tepper | Feb 19, 2013

Green Housing: In Buffalo, It’s Not Just for Rich People Anymore

Can we build sustainable housing that's affordable, too? The city of Buffalo did, and created a community jobs pipeline in the process. Here's what can happen when neighborhoods take the lead.

Mark Andrew Boyer | Feb 16, 2013

Arrests in Washington Signal Increasing Urgency on Keystone Pipeline

Forty-eight leaders of environmentalist groups such as the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and 350.org were arrested today while participating in civil disobedience. They were demanding that President Barack Obama stop construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Chris Francis | Feb 14, 2013

Idle No 麻豆社事件 Group photo by Marcel Petit

Native rights

Why Canada鈥檚 Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us

When a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be 鈥渋dle no more.鈥� The idea took off.

Sarah van Gelder | Feb 8, 2013

Only the People of the United States Can End Israel鈥檚 Occupation

Many progressives breathed a sigh of relief when last month鈥檚 Israeli elections set the stage for a centrist coalition and not a far-right one. Yet peace will remain out of reach until the American people pressure the Obama Administration to end Israeli impunity.

Stephen Zunes | Feb 7, 2013

Rosa Parks, Champion for Human Rights

The radical life story often left untold.

Alice B. Jennings, Grace Lee Boggs | Feb 5, 2013

Chicago Gun Violence photo by Ashlee Rezin

Mental health

Tomorrow, We March on Washington to End the Gun Violence

Twenty-two times more children have been killed by guns since 1979 than military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Rev. Jacqui Lewis on why all of us鈥攆rom clergy to factory workers鈥攎ust not be too sad, too busy, or too afraid to say, enough.

Rev. Jacqui Lewis | Jan 26, 2013

Europe Authorizes 鈥淩obin Hood Tax鈥� on Financial Transactions

Support for the tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives was so strong among EU finance ministers that it wasn鈥檛 even necessary to take a formal vote.

Sarah Anderson | Jan 26, 2013

To Follow in MLK鈥檚 Footsteps, Join the Fight against Foreclosure

How can today鈥檚 Civil Rights leaders follow in the tradition of MLK? Lester Spence argues that foreclosures are the issue and the church may just be the solution.

Lester Spence | Jan 22, 2013

Vandana Shiva: Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women

There is a connection between the growth of unjust economic policies and the intensification of crimes against women. The Delhi gang rape has triggered a revolution鈥攐ne that we must sustain.

Vandana Shiva | Jan 19, 2013

Native rights

Indigenous Women Take the Lead in Idle No 麻豆社事件

Motivated by ancient traditions of female leadership as well as their need for improved legal rights, First Nations women are stepping to the forefront of the Idle No 麻豆社事件 movement.

Kristin Moe | Jan 19, 2013

Native rights

鈥淔lash Mob Prayer Circle鈥� Shows Idle No 麻豆社事件鈥檚 Spiritual Side

Speakers at an Idle No 麻豆社事件 event in Seattle drew comparisons between spiritual and political struggles, making the movement seem closer to Civil Rights than Occupy.

James Trimarco | Jan 15, 2013

Jobs

Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Let鈥檚 Take a Stand for Domestic Workers

150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, it's time to recognize domestic labor as real work that should be protected.

Tiffany Williams | Jan 12, 2013

Native rights

Idle No 麻豆社事件: Indigenous Uprising Sweeps North America

Idle No 麻豆社事件 has organized the largest mass mobilizations of indigenous people in recent history. What sparked it off and what鈥檚 coming next?

Kristin Moe | Jan 10, 2013

Natalie Jeremijenko photos by Balazs Gardi

Robot Dogs and Other Weird Creatures Bring Nature to the City

How to create a world where people fly, salamanders text, and trash is useful.

Natalie Pompilio | Jan 4, 2013

Pete Seeger: 鈥淵ou Stick Together 鈥橳il It鈥檚 Won鈥�

Gleaned from letters, essays, and articles, 鈥淧ete Seeger: In His Own Words鈥� reveals how the celebrated folk singer has considered, at every turn, what it means to sing out in a world where the din of injustice is deafening.

Kim Ruehl | Dec 5, 2012