Activism

Activists Take Back the Climate

Trump’s election was a huge setback for the climate. Here’s how activists are fighting back.

Marianne Dhenin | Mar 25, 2025
Democracy

Understanding Congress’s Billionaire Budget

Chuck Schumer joined forces with Donald Trump to pass one of the most reactionary federal budgets in recent memory. What does it mean?

| Mar 21, 2025
LGBTQ Rights

Murmurations: A Dream for Trans Belonging

We have so much cultural wealth and lived wisdom rooted in our will to survive like hell against all odds.

Tré Vasquez | Mar 20, 2025
Education

Can Public Education Survive Trump’s Attacks?

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “final mission” will disproportionately harm students from marginalized communities.

| Mar 20, 2025
Activism

Protests Across California Target Trump–Musk Assault on the Public

In recent weeks, a coalition of advocacy organizations in California have come together to protest the impact of the pro-billionaire budgeting decisions happening in Washington, D.C.  As part of a

| Mar 19, 2025
Racial Justice

Immigrants Fight ICE Raids

Defensive measures such as Know Your Rights trainings are helping those near the U.S.-Mexico border ward off devastating raids.

Lourdes Medrano | Mar 19, 2025
Environmental Justice

Self-Determined: Climate Resilience Is Sacred

Real sustainability prioritizes sovereignty, community resilience, and protection from authoritarianism.

Davis Price & Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | Mar 17, 2025
a sign reads women's rights are human rights at a protest
Activism

Rising Up in the Streets: Women’s March 2025

During the most recent Women’s March, thousands gathered in Los Angeles to challenge the Trump administration’s oppressive agenda.

| Mar 14, 2025
Hillary Haden, a white woman with blonde hair, smiles at the camera
Labor

How Tariffs Can Be a Good Idea for People and the Planet

If executed correctly, tariffs can be a powerful tool for upholding labor and human rights standards.

| Mar 13, 2025
Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian American woman with long hair, sits on stairs
Racial Justice

Trump Unleashes New McCarthyism Against Palestine Activism

Mahmoud Khalil has not been charged or a convicted of any crime, but he is still facing deportation.

| Mar 13, 2025
Environmental Justice

Apocalypse Chow: Don’t Let Corporations Define Vegetables

Because corporations hold sway over our food system and our lives, they make it harder to access healthy vegetables.

Arun Gupta | Mar 13, 2025
Political Power

The World We Owe Gaza

Trump’s aggressive attack on free speech could devastate the movement for Palestine. What’s next for activists?

Marianne Dhenin | Mar 12, 2025
Abolition

A Prison-Based Program Interrupts the Cycle of Violence

The California Institution for Men connects survivors with those who have caused harm.

Ricky Rodas | Mar 10, 2025
Dortell Williams spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar about what family violence is and how it can be addressed without relying on policing and incarceration. 
Racial Justice

The Solution to Family Violence Is Not Incarceration

We can address and even prevent domestic violence without relying on the criminal justice system.

| Mar 07, 2025
Brett Hartl of the Center for Biological Diversity spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the Center's recent federal lawsuits
Environmental Justice

Clawing Back Public Protections of Our Land, Air, and Climate

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing DOGE in a first of its kind lawsuit to protect government-funded environmental work.

| Mar 06, 2025
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