A Reset for Unprecedented Times
Buen Vivir is both a philosophy and a lived practice that puts Earth at the center of “the Good Life.”
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Hurricane Relief Through Mutual Aid
Three groups using mutual aid as a tool for natural disaster response.
Can We Live Up to James Baldwin’s Hope for a Multiracial Democracy?
To make these after times different from the ones Baldwin lived through, White people need to reimagine their Whiteness and their wokeness and how they perform both.
The 25% Tipping Point
New research reveals how to make social change.
Introduction: What the Rest of the World Knows
It was a bitter reality to witness residents in this country having to fend for themselves against the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost their jobs and homes. Hundreds of thousands have lost their lives.
The pandemic has brought home some undeniable truths about the way our country is run, and specifically, how it stacks up against the rest of the world.
Where Incarceration Isn’t the Answer
Frustrations with the U.S. prison system have prompted a global search for alternatives. Yet the solution might not be as simple as “be like Scandinavia.”
Photo Essay | Signs of Your Identity
A visual exploration of the lasting harm of Canada’s residential schools on the Indigenous population.
How Norway Built an Economy That Puts People First
The national ethos of economic equity was decades in the making.
A Way Out of a Dark Past
Can Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation efforts help the U.S. with its own reckoning?
11 Better Ideas for a Country in Need of Social Change
Even nations with long histories of inequality and violence carry lessons for how to move toward what might be called a more perfect union.
Good Medicine: A Powerful Punch
Both Western and traditional medicine agree, cranberries are more than just tart and tasty.
Rights and Justice: Disability Advocates Blazing Trails
We need to build on past achievements, expand our ideas of the possible, and move toward a shared vision of the future—with disabled people at the forefront of the push toward justice.
YES! Issue Contributors – What the Rest of the World Knows
Mark P. Fancher is a human rights attorney, writer, and activist. Over the course of his 36-year career he has fought: police misconduct, over-incarceration, employment discrimination, racially discriminatory school discipline,
Readers Respond – Fall 2020
Fall 2020: The Black Lives Issue Hundreds of you ordered a box of our Black Lives issue to share in your communities, and even more joined YES! Presents for a
This Is Our Collective Story
Dear Reader, I am writing this letter to you three weeks before Election Day. I don’t know the outcome, but you do. From where I sit, even if the ultimate
Why I Give – Kathleen Macferran
Kathleen Macferran is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She works internationally, helping communities and organizations strengthen communication and transform conflict. Kathleen Macferran Menomonie, Wisconsin What are
Black Artists Want You to Bring These to Your Next Protest
The Blkpaper campaign wants you to print out these images, grab some wheatpaste, and make a statement.
Why I Give – Lynn
Lynn’s work has ranged from working in a deli to skinning birds to trail-guiding by horseback to book design and photojournalism. The underlying theme has been connecting—people to each other,
There’s More Work to Do
“For the first 15 years of my work in sustainability, I basically ignored the role of race. I thought ‘Let others do that work. There’s plenty of good I can
Readers Respond – Black Lives
“How can we ensure that Black lives really matter?” This is the question we posed to online readers as protests erupted across the country in late May. Since then, the
YES! Issue Contributors – Black Lives
Erin K. Robinson started her creative journey making costumes for television and movies in Los Angeles before returning to New York to design for children’s wear companies, such as the
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