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Brooke Jarvis

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Dec 10, 2017
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Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green

Can cooperatives lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid?
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Brooke Jarvis,
Yes! Magazine
April 5, 2013
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Big News on Bank Transfers

Two summers ago, at the U.S. Social Forum, I attended a panel discussion about ways to expand the use of credit unions as alternatives to the “too big…
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Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine
February 7, 2012
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Los Angeles and Occupy LA Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood

On December 3, just two days before Occupy L.A. was evicted by police, the General Assembly of the occupation passed a unanimous resolution calling for a constitutional amendment…
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Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine
December 13, 2011
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LA and Occupy LA Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood

On December 3, just two days before Occupy L.A. was evicted by police, the General Assembly of the occupation passed a unanimous resolution calling for a constitutional amendment…
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Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine
December 8, 2011
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Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections (2)

Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections…
by
Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine
October 31, 2011
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Wisconsin Awakens a Sleeping Giant

In one sense, the struggle over union rights in Wisconsin is over. It took some breathtaking, possibly even illegal, shenanigans, but the union-busting “Budget Repair Bill” has been…
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Brooke Jarvis &
Sarah van Gelder,
YES! Magazine | Report
March 17, 2011
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“This Is Not Democracy” – Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Bill Passes

“Enough is enough.” That’s what Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in a statement about why Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday evening carved the anti-union provisions out…
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Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine | Report
March 10, 2011
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Words Matter: How Media Can Build Civility or Destroy It

The media can, as we know, promote fear, hatred, and extremism. Can it also lead us to greater civility and more productive debate? “Just as media outlets have…
by
Brooke Jarvis &
Sarah van Gelder,
YES! Magazine | Op-Ed
January 13, 2011
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A Crisis of Democracy: Real Solutions to the BP Oil Spill

For Gulf residents, the BP oil spill has made the problem of unchecked corporate power painfully clear. Exxon Valdez survivor Riki Ott on why this may be the…
by
Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine | Interview
August 28, 2010
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People Without Homes, Homes Without People

Three years ago at the first US Social Forum in Atlanta, residents of cities around the country met and found they shared a common goal: Make sure that…
by
Brooke Jarvis,
YES! Magazine | Report
June 24, 2010
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