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Valerie Schloredt

Valerie Schloredt is the books editor at YES! Magazine.

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Economy & Labor

Radical Urban Planning Can Fight Gentrification With Affordable Housing

Gentrification isn't inevitable.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

February 24, 2020

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Would You Put a Tiny House for a Homeless Person in Your Backyard?

Making space can save lives.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

November 24, 2017

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Environment & Health

“Valve Turner” Case a Mistrial, but Also a Warning for Direct Action Activists

Criminal sabotage was one of the charges for Ken Ward.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

February 6, 2017

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Environment & Health

Calling All Climate Activists: “Go Out and Get Yourself in Some Holy Trouble“

Activists on strike shut off the flow of tar sands oil across the US last week, and a movement leader calls for faith-based direct action.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

October 19, 2016

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Environment & Health

How to Stop an Oil Train: The Climate Defense That Won Over a Courtroom 

Delta 5 did their best to put political corruption and corporate greed on trial.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

January 27, 2016

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How to Stop an Oil Train: The Climate Defense That Won Over a Courtroom 

The Delta 5 loss was actually a big win for challenging political corruption and corporate greed.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; YES!Magazine

January 27, 2016

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John Lewis’ Moving Graphic Novel Brings the Civil Rights Struggle to a New Generation

"March" tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; Yes!Magazine

March 9, 2014

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Alice Walker: “Go to the Places That Scare You“

The acclaimed novelist on why a life worth living is a life worth fighting for.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; Yes!Magazine

October 5, 2012

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Boulder Votes to Free Its Electric Company

Running their own utility means sun and wind energy instead of coal.

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; Yes!Magazine

May 30, 2012

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Eyes on the Prize: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons for Occupy

When he was assassinated in April, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. had just begun “The Poor People’s Campaign.” This focus on economic injustice, which included plans for a mass …

By: Valerie Schloredt ,; Yes!Magazine

April 6, 2012