Can something as simple as watching movies—and empathizing with fictional characters—help generate more compassion and understanding in the real world?
The Uruguayan journalist and historian authored more than 40 books, but his legacy will live on in our cultural imagination.
When Republic Windows and Doors closed down without giving workers notice, the issue drew national attention. Since then, they’ve turned the factory into a worker-owned co-op—where they hold the power.
Three visionaries discuss how America’s debt problem has transformed the movements they work with.
YES! has put together a tribute page to honor Grace Lee Boggs and the lives she touched while she was with us. Share your own thoughts with #RememberingGrace.
A Louisiana university helps solve the national shortage of black doctors, Uber drivers are left with car payments after a raise in fees, and Mother Jones explores whether mammograms do more harm than good.
African Americans have been pioneering co-ops as an economic strategy since the days of slavery. Author Jessica Gordon Nembhard on how centuries-old models can guide our economy today.
Grace Lee and Jimmy Boggs brought people together to rebuild inner-city Detroit and to teach the things you can’t learn in a classroom. At 94, Grace is still at it.
The YES! Breakthrough 15: A decades-long revolution to rekindle the soul of urban neighborhoods.
Rest well, dear friend. Millions of us have been enlivened and empowered by your wisdom and spirit.
The author and activist talks with YES! about millennials, climate change, and how she can't imagine being alive at "a more thrilling, challenging time."
The question of how the ownership of capital should be structured in a democratic society was raised by none other than Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer.
They're a lifeline to business owners. So why do these credit unions have trouble growing?
Hinder is a reproductive justice messaging hub that tells you what your representatives say about women’s bodies. Meet the cabal of comics and writers behind it.
“I don’t trust anybody who says that they didn’t have some questions in their 20s.”
Holacracy aims to liberate workers from micromanagement by replacing bosses with code-like rules modeled on computer programming.
Drone footage shows nature taking back what’s hers; Washington high-school students build tiny houses for the homeless; and the epic tech battle over adblockers.
And 2 other recipes for cleaning up naturally.
If we keep putting it off for our grandchildren to deal with, there will be no turning back.
For their new book, H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of America’s poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty, and how to make it happen.
Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start—unless they’re struggling with student loans. But a little-known provision is helping these borrowers take their creditors to court.
A California tribe fights bottled water; an Argentinian province dedicates 1 percent of civil service jobs to transgender workers; and Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a blow to corporate politics.
The resolution, which passed unanimously, endorses the goal of having no kids in detention in Seattle. It’s a move that chips away at the school-to-prison pipeline.
There could be a different financial system, one where debt allows us to honor our freedom rather than our servitude.
More than 200 land trusts around the country help struggling families buy their first homes, often in gentrifying neighborhoods.
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