The Heroes Fighting for Public Education
In the face of far-right extremist groups like Moms for Liberty, “school moms” have become the frontline defenders of education for all.
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Don’t Let Zionists Weaponize Jewish Suffering
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s essential to remember that “never again” means for anyone.
Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide
Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel’s escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, say press freedom advocates. Can global solidarity help stop the bloodshed?
The Future Is Feral—and Climate Resilient
To produce food in the face of climate change, we may need to learn from so-called weeds.
Writers of Color Are Redefining Nature Writing
A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s.
Learning to Love What Nourishes My Son
For this California mom, supporting her medically complex son’s relationship with food meant relinquishing control and embracing what worked.
Murmurations: Balancing Duality on Winter Solstice
Alexis Pauline Gumbs offers a Winter Solstice spell to help us embrace the darkness and light of this moment.
The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech
Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.
Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All
If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.
YES! Takes a Break
The YES! Editorial team will be offline until Jan. 2, 2024, when we will resume publishing new content.
Practicing New Worlds with adrienne maree brown and Andrea Ritchie
In this exclusive conversation, two visionary abolitionist authors and reflect on the how the newest book in the Emergent Strategy series came to be.
Diaries of the War in Ukraine
In this excerpt, author Nora Krug illustrates her correspondence with two individuals who share their diverging experiences of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Welcoming Relatives Home: The Return of the Lynx
On the Colville Reservation, tribal members are restoring wildlife populations—and with them, abundance, resilience, and reciprocity.
Welcoming Relatives Home: A Ceremony for Salmon
The Colville Confederated Tribes are dedicated to “reuniting with old friends” by reintroducing fish to their shared waters and pronghorn to their ancestral lands.
Welcoming Relatives Home: Bringing Back the Bighorn
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State are restoring the lands and species of their traditional ecological community.
All I Want for Christmas Is a Ceasefire
Instead of cancelling Christmas in the face of the genocide in Gaza, this observant Christian Arab American author shares proactive steps to press for peace.
Keeping Brazil’s Black History in Its Tech “Future”
Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone was once the largest slave port in the Americas. As developers work to “revitalize” the area, Black activists are fighting to retain the remnants of the district’s historical significance.
Cooperative Ways to Weather the Silver Tsunami
As baby boomer business owners retire, their employees are taking ownership of their own futures.
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up
Respecting the humanity and history of soil can help us grow a more resilient future for all.
How Philadelphia Disrupted the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Research on a police diversion program implemented in 2014 shows a striking 91% reduction in in-school arrests over less than 10 years.
In Pursuit of Liberated Mothering
Cross-cultural dialogue, especially among moms of color, can build new narratives that challenge the legacies of white supremacy and foster healing.
A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!”
Many Jewish Americans—including the thousands who have been arrested protesting Israel’s war on Gaza—consider solidarity with Palestinians to be a moral imperative.
There’s No Justification for Destroying Gaza’s Health Infrastructure
In this op-ed—which the Journal of the American Medical Association rejected—three doctors say the medical establishment should be morally unambiguous on bombing hospitals.
Murmurations: Moving from Punishment to Accountability
How can we hold accountable systems that are designed only to understand punishment?
A Model for Disability Justice in Emergency Shelters
In the face of the escalating climate crisis, a New Jersey organization has created a replicable shelter simulation model that makes temporary housing more inclusive for disabled people.
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