Social Justice

Do Lies and White Supremacists Run U.S. Prisons?

A new book examines how prisons are used as a tool of white supremacy.

| Jan 30, 2025
Murmurations

Murmurations: Dawn of a New Beginning

adrienne maree brown has invited Movement Generation to bring us stories of life worth living in 2025.

adrienne maree brown | Jan 30, 2025
Social Justice

Trump Begins Implementing Anti-Immigrant Agenda

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing its birthright citizenship policy.

| Jan 29, 2025
Body Politics

Insulin Should Be a Right, Not a Privilege

Trump is attacking the policies aimed at making prescription medications affordable and accessible to all.

Sara Youngblood Gregory | Jan 29, 2025
Social Justice

How Restorative Justice Helped One Family Move Forward

The CHAT Project’s model serves as a beacon of hope for couples engaged in a cycle of domestic violence.

Lauren DeLaunay Miller | Jan 28, 2025
Social Justice

In Fighting Fascism, We Must Choose Our Battles Wisely

We must ask ourselves: Does the fight we’re in advance us toward a revolutionary shift? 

William C. Anderson | Jan 24, 2025
Democracy

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Mad Dash to the Right

The second election of Trump represents a rightward shift happening across many nations.

| Jan 24, 2025
Racial Justice

Food Justice As a Path Toward Abolition

While food justice may seem unrelated to abolition, Leah Penniman sees them as intimately linked.

| Jan 23, 2025
Social Justice

What Made the Gaza Ceasefire Possible?

Survivors of the genocide are returning to the rubble of their homes. 

| Jan 22, 2025
Climate

To Rescue a Self

This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist Magazine.

Arekpitan Ikhenaode | Jan 17, 2025
Climate

The Isle of Beautiful Waters

This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist Magazine.

Lily Séjor | Jan 17, 2025
Climate

Plantains in Heaven

This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate-fiction contest produced by Grist Magazine.

Kenechi Udogu | Jan 17, 2025
a Black woman with locs stands in front of Octavia's Bookshelf
Democracy

Altadena and North Pasadena Neighbors Rise Up for Mutual Aid

Members of these tight-knit communities are helping residents pick up the pieces. 

| Jan 16, 2025
Social Justice

What It’s Like to Serve a Life Sentence Without Parole

I want those serving life sentences to be heard so we’re not eternally invisible.

Dortell Williams | Jan 16, 2025
Two people wearing black masks stand beside each other and look at the camera
Climate

Survivors of Eaton Fire Share Their Stories

YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar’s family evacuated North Pasadena, California, alongside thousands of other residents.

| Jan 15, 2025
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