NGOs seeking to support frontline movements often stumble. The activist network Beautiful Trouble conducted a detailed study and offer a path forward.
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Colonization and capitalism have distorted our relationships with food. How do we return to its physical and social sacredness?
Companies like Amazon and Google present mindfulness as a secular technology for stress relief. But authentic Buddhism cannot be harmed.
The next two years will mark a return to chaos in government, as an empowered right wing takes over the House.
The radical right-wing-majority Supreme Court needs to be rebalanced. Here’s how to do it.
A law supposed to protect patients from hidden charges on medical bills is still riddled with loopholes. Only universal health care will fix it.
“Along with the power of creation, we were given the power to choose.”
adrienne maree brown reflects on the lessons they’ve learned authoring this column for the past year, and lays out a path for what’s to come.
Capitalism and White supremacy have given us many reasons to hate our bodies because they teach us to be ashamed of them—and to shame others.
In their final “Spell for a Season,” adrienne maree brown explores the beauty and grief that come with a year that felt at once interminable and brief.
YES! staff members recommend reads that provoke thought and prompt action.
The pull of solving problems is nearly irresistible, but we should prioritize relationships with our environment.
An ecological card deck offers wise teachings and prompts healing.
Evette Dionne’s new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.
A new book argues that even small things can help grow the world we want.
More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.
Take a breather as we roll into the end of 2022, because the year ahead is going to keep all of us on our toes to defend democracy. Again.
The end of a world built on toxic ideas of supremacy can make way for a better, more collective and connected existence, writes adrienne maree brown.
Frida Berrigan reflects on living in a world of tipping points.
LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn’t have to.
Nonprofit organizations attract employees from diverse backgrounds, but often fail to create affirming workplace cultures for them.
Conservatives fuming over critical race theory fail to recognize a fundamental truth about the United States: Diversity is our strength.
For some, a lack of light and warmth can have a negative impact on mental wellbeing. Here are some ways to navigate this transition.
Attorney Sia Henry shares a wrenching personal experience highlighting the challenges of operating in world where prison abolition is not yet a reality.
Achieving disability rights paves the way for greater equity and inclusion.
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