5 Ways to Take Your Love of the Outdoors to the Next Level
By Melissa Hellman, YES! magazine
This summer, get outside, roll up your sleeves, and take a stand for public lands. Here are 5 ways to do this. Use them or lose them!
This Small Town Refused to Settle for Wal-Mart When Its Last Local Grocery Store Closed
By Melissa Hellman, YES! magazine
For two months in 2012, longtime Iola, Kansas, resident Mary Ross trudged through the sweltering heat, waving gnats from her view as she walked door to door with a petition. It was the hottest summer since moving there with her family about 30 years ago, but Ross was determined to gather signatures requesting a grocery store be established in the small rural town of fewer than 6,000 people.
What Standing Rock Tells Us About Civil Disobedience
By Melissa Hellman, YES! magazine
The history of social reform in America is inextricably tied to civil disobedience.