Consistently insightful, hopeful, and so necessary to helping people break out of their learned helplessness. There are countless efforts for positive social change going on here and abroad. "Yes!" reveals that another world is possible.

Ad-free, intimate, moving. "The Sun" features some excellent poetry, photos, short stories and interviews - many from its readers.

A magazine of the next industrial revolution, the transformation towards conserservation, renewables, green chemistry and other avenues towards increased profitability and sustainability.

The journal of the Natural Resource Defense Council. It is fighting crucial battles in defense of the earth on a regular basis. It's editorial board includes Robert Kennedy, Jr., who co-hosts a weekend radio program on Air America.

If you're worried about a young woman in your life losing herself to the onslaught of images about what a woman should be (i.e. - Britney Spears, Paris Hilton), here's a journal that helps teenage girls honor their bodies, minds and spirits.

Very interesting journal on communal living across the USA, and beyond.

A journal of 3rd Wave feminism.

Not the most appealling lay-out, but packed with excellent articles and interviews from the radical left - Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Christian Parenti, Vandana Shiva and many others.

The Progressive provides a monthly dose of clear progressive thinking. Each issue also features a couple of pages of people who are getting out in the streets, protesting, striking, advocating, or otherwise raising a ruckus for justice.

A journal of progressive Jewish thought. Also, it works to organize other progressive people of faith.

A journal that is often at the leading edge of a deeper understanding of US politics. They recently published pieces by Christopher Hedges and Naomi Klein before their books became best-sellers ("American Fascists" & "The Shock Doctrine").

A journal of progressive Christian spirituality. Interesting pieces on theologoy, culture and politics. Regular announcements and ads for retreats, progressive seminaries and media resources.

With a subscriber base of over 400,000 - this magazine of sustainable living is pivotal in moving our society toward ecological sanity.

We desperately need to learn how our corporate and military empire effects our neighbors to the south.

For people interested in a detailed analysis of "neoliberal" trade policies (NAFTA, and other investor rights agreements) and how they devastate the Global South.