Yes! (U.S. magazine)

{{Short description|Nonprofit independent publisher}}

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| title = YES!

| image_file = Yes! magazine Fall 2010.png

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| image_caption = Fall 2010 cover of YES!

| editor = Evette Dionne

| editor_title = Executive Editor

| previous_editor = Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn

| staff_writer = Sunnivie Brydum, Managing Editor

Breanna Draxler, Senior Editor

Sonali Kolhatkar, Senior Editor

| frequency = Quarterly

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| company = Positive Futures Network

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| firstdate = {{Start date|1996}}

| country = United States

| based = Poulsbo, WA, United States

| language = English

| website = {{URL|yesmagazine.org}}

| issn = 1089-6651

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YES! is a nonprofit, independent publisher of solutions journalism. YES! was founded by David Korten and Sarah van Gelder; Khalilah Elliott is the interim executive director.{{Cite web |url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/staff-board |title=YES! Magazine Staff Page |website=www.yesmagazine.org |date= |access-date=}}

The first issue of the magazine was published in summer 1996.{{cite web |title=Entry for Issue #1 |url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/getting-free |website=www.yesmagazine.org}} It is published quarterly.

Issues of YES! explore a specific issue in depth, and provide resources so that readers may become involved in that issue. Previous issues have covered topics such as just transition,{{Cite web |url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/just-transition |title=The Just Transition Issue |website=Yes Magazine |date= |access-date=}} sanctuary city,{{Cite web |url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/sanctuary|title=The Sanctuary Issue|website=Yes Magazine |date= |access-date=}} solidarity economy{{Cite web |url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity |title=Solidarity Economy |website=Yes Magazine |date= |access-date=}} and decolonization.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/decolonize|title=The Decolonize Issue|website=Yes Magazine |date= |access-date=}}

The magazine is printed on recycled paper and archives all its issues online.

YES! is a member of The Media Consortium, an international network of over 70 independent progressive journalism organizations including Mother Jones, The Nation, Grist, Democracy Now!, and others.{{cite web |url=http://www.themediaconsortium.org/our-members/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129151908/http://www.themediaconsortium.org/our-members/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |title=Our Members |access-date=2015-04-13 |website=www.themediaconsortium.org |date= }} YES! and other Media Consortium outlets participated in a 2017 study{{Cite journal |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aao1100|title=How the news media activate public expression and influence national agendas|journal=Science|year=2017 |doi=10.1126/science.aao1100 |last1=King |first1=Gary |last2=Schneer |first2=Benjamin |last3=White |first3=Ariel |volume=358 |issue=6364 |pages=776–780 |pmid=29123065 |hdl=1721.1/119647 |s2cid=4777225 |hdl-access=free }} that looked at the impact they could have on the national conversation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/business/media/twitter-news-study.html |title=News Shared on Twitter Can Drive the Conversation, Study Finds |website=New York Times |date=9 November 2017 |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |access-date=2024-07-21}}

In 2015, YES! Magazine was showcased on Neil Young's July tour promoting The Monsanto Years. Young selected five magazines to feature in a "News You Can Trust" tent, including YES!, The Nation, Mother Jones, Permaculture Magazine, and Earth Island Journal.{{cite web |url=http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/earth_island_journal_hits_the_road_with_neil_young_and_promise_of_the_real/ |title=Earth Island Journal Hits the Road with Neil Young and Promise of the Real |work=Earth Island Journal |access-date=2015-08-03}}