Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big Oil’s monied interests.
Residents of Ironton, Louisiana are rallying for their share of recovery funds.
“The people who are killing us can’t also be the people who are keeping us safe.”
Republican America is poorer, more violent, and less healthy than Democratic America. But Republicans’ blame is misplaced.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how we can curb meat consumption for a decarbonized world.
“Let us remind ourselves that life moves ever towards life.”
Each spring, millions of Indians and Hindus celebrate Holi. But as Western forces try to capitalize on the colorful tradition, there are ways to enjoy it without engaging in cultural appropriation.
The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.
In form and message, a poet shows both adults and kids that the world can be looked at another way.
Faith does have a role to play in restoring climate hope.
These native breweries are taking back the social and economic power of storytelling.
Some 30 states initiated anti-trans legislation in 2021, and 7 more in 2022.
”Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we explore green tech.
Joe Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson is historic, but we need to be mindful of all the cultural factors at play, and not let this moment devolve into tokenism.
The decline of civil society has been well-documented, but its political turn poses a unique danger for the U.S.
Everette Taylor has been as good a father as the prison system has allowed. He’s one of millions of Americans who remains incarcerated for far too long.
Breonna Taylor's father, who remained close to all six children, including Breonna while she was alive, is being held in a Michigan prison. An incarcerated writer makes the case for Everette’s freedom.
Everette Taylor didn’t get to say goodbye to his daughter. Stuck behind prison walls, Taylor speaks with YES! about how he remains connected to his surviving children despite decades of incarceration.
Tell us what important lessons you’ve learned on your social justice journey in the comments below.
Given the escalation of this problem during the pandemic, it’s time to fund more effective responses to domestic violence that truly make our families and communities safer.
Amid the heated national controversy about CRT in schools, some Black educators are openly using the framework to help students better understand history and contextualize current events.
The idea that we have to either support military action and sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, or “do nothing,” is a false binary.
Patriarchy and capitalism did not leave love untouched. As a child of the diaspora, I’ve learned to find intimacy in many places outside the phenomena of sex and romance.
After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity.
The philanthropic sector needs to shift its focus toward those organizations that best understand the communities they serve.
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