The silence among adults about the existence of teen love may take a particular toll on adolescent boys.
Growing numbers of unions are successfully turning to the cooperative model to fight for workers’ rights.
Black votes matter, but some question whether Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s endorsements from relatives of police brutality victims are appropriate.
From First Nations activism to innovative city initiatives, the West Coast is leading the fight against global warming even as many countries lag behind.
Workers outside the traditional paycheck economy now constitute 30 percent of the workforce. The fall issue of YES! Magazine will look at what’s driving this new kind of economy, and how workers can help shift it into a better direction. Send us your pitches by March 25.
Good beer comes from collaboration, not competition. By working together, small brewers everywhere are giving corporations a run for their money.
Essential vitamins and minerals like Vitamin D and Zinc can keep you from getting sick. But which foods have them, and when should you worry about consuming too much?
To get an honest picture of female friendship, we must look beyond the familiar whitewashed stories in Western history and literature.
Studies show kids held in solitary confinement experience long-lasting psychological damage. Activists hope a wave of local and national policy changes means widespread reform is on the way.
A port commission vote against a proposed $1.2 billion oil refinery in a Washington town proves that the people still have a voice.
The presidential race is basically an expensive hiring process with 319 million stakeholders. If businesses and government agencies go to such great lengths to eliminate gender bias in their hiring, shouldn’t we do the same for our elections?
Since the invention of electric light, the night has been getting progressively brighter. But a growing body of research shows experiencing total darkness is critical to our well-being.
Less than half the oil we consume is used for gasoline. Petroleum also goes into a bunch of everyday products. Some useful, and many we could live without.
A growing number of cities are investing in co-ops to keep money local and neighborhoods affordable.
For civil rights lawyers, litigating isn't enough. They need to engage with the struggle of black Americans firsthand.
Los Angeles is one of few U.S. cities where street trade isn’t widely permitted. But for immigrants and low-income people, it’s often the only way to earn a living.
It will take at least three decades to completely leave behind fossil fuels. But we can do it. And the first step is to start with the easy stuff.
In response to climate change, a growing number of schools are taking kids outside to show them how a warming planet affects their local environment.
Justice Scalia was a thorn in the side of the environmental movement. Now that his seat is up for grabs, the Supreme Court could be in position to make serious gains for the climate.
To create meaningful change, we must look beyond high-profile cases and ask why certain police-civilian encounters occur at all.
We asked this East Londoner how a pop-up garden brought his neighborhood together and made friends out of strangers.
"Self-care and healing and attention to the body and the spiritual dimension—all of this is now a part of radical social justice struggles."
Doomed as it may be, an oil tax is a step toward redefining energy as a public good—for which everyone pays the cost of overuse and abuse.
Irving Allen on creating an inclusive movement. “You’re not organizing unless you’re training up the next generation.”
Common mistakes made in social justice conversations and how to correct them.
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