As trusted community figures, doulas are increasingly helping their clients stay safe during heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires, all of which put pregnant people at higher risk.
Indigenous, Black, and queer farmers are buying land with the aim to restore and nourish nature along with their cultures and communities.
adrienne maree brown reflects on the lessons they’ve learned authoring this column for the past year, and lays out a path for what’s to come.
Post-9/11 Islamophobia has triggered a mental health crisis among Muslims. Now, the shift toward seeking mental health care is happening at Islamic centers and mosques.
Tired of waiting for the city to address housing justice, Baltimore’s constellation of grassroots activists and institutions are charging forward to keep residents in their homes and increase availability of affordable housing.
Indigenous-led efforts are conserving land on an unprecedented scale while enabling scientists to study threats to northern ecosystems.
Over 10 years, trillions of dollars in assets have been extracted from global fossil fuels.
Financial nonprofits are building capacity for transformative energy upgrades that could turn climate action dreams into realities.
Ethnic grocery stores have served as a cultural pillar of immigrant communities. Can they survive today’s economic challenges?
Capitalism and White supremacy have given us many reasons to hate our bodies because they teach us to be ashamed of them—and to shame others.
In their final “Spell for a Season,” adrienne maree brown explores the beauty and grief that come with a year that felt at once interminable and brief.
“If we’re not looking out for each other and helping each other, giving each other a hand, no one else is gonna do it.”
The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas is suing to protect the tribe’s ancestral land.
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
Twice a week, at a German skateboarding hall, young Ukrainian refugees can escape from reality.
L.A. County activists are working to replace violent jails with mental health facilities, and to reallocate funding from incarceration toward social services.
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Seemingly miraculous varieties that can withstand drought, flood, and saltwater intrusion are the result of centuries of selective breeding by ancient farmers.
YES! staff members recommend reads that provoke thought and prompt action.
An initiative to make the city car-free is prompting a larger dialogue around equity in urban design.
The pull of solving problems is nearly irresistible, but we should prioritize relationships with our environment.
When people forced to flee their homes then arrive in new countries, their efforts to continue with higher education and careers are often stymied.
An ecological card deck offers wise teachings and prompts healing.
Youth climate activists create companies to transform waste management and give hope.
Evette Dionne’s new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.
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