Prison reformists—many of whom are serving long sentences—have united to change the cruel and arbitrary carceral system.
By first transforming and reimagining ourselves, we all have an opportunity before us to truly transform our organizations and reimagine our work.
Your work starts with you.
YES!: You’ve had a long personal journey as an environmentalist and activist. Bruce Justin Miller Lee: I was working on a Ph.D. in coral reef ecology in 1969 when Gaylord
Dear Reader, I pen this letter in the first week of 2022, and to be honest, the common refrain of “Happy New Year!” feels hollow and naive to me. The
The 100th issue of YES! Magazine explored the emergence of “A New Social Justice,” seeking to understand how today’s most promising movements for equity, sustainability, and liberation are building on
Ruth King is an international teacher in the insight meditation tradition. For many years, she coached executives on transformative leadership, workplace trauma, and diversity awareness. In 2020, she founded the
Every issue of YES! is created to not only inform, but also to inspire, to encourage, and to motivate. The sections are designed to share personal, communal, and societal approaches to being
Play the puzzle from our Personal Journeys issue.
Patrisse Cullors’ new book offers guidance for personal, as well as systemic, change. Breaking the cycle of harm starts with us.
In a world unraveling due to climate change, an environmental scientist looks to Indigenous stories of resilience.
In "Stolen Focus," Johann Hari unplugs from digital media and regains his concentration.
Share of women receiving an abortion in 2014 whose income was near or below the federal poverty level: 75% [1] Average cost of having a baby in the United States:
These three activists are working to support people at risk of either going to prison for the first time or returning to prison after release.
Finding your place in the fight against the climate crisis doesn’t have to be rocket science.
This spring, focus on reconnecting to foodways as a means to reconnect to your inner self during this season of emergence, renewal, and growth.
Sharing a deeply personal story with the world helped me realize that vulnerability is a powerful tool to create change and inspire others to follow along.
Black history is American history. Put your knowledge to the test with this month’s puzzle.
“I know there is a way to grow older that brings us deeply into living.”
Federal money for housing the pandemic wasn’t being spent. The city found a way to make sure more people were being housed sooner.
Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities.
“Rather than letting our relationship with nature extinguish itself during the cold, wet, dark days, we need to take special care to keep it kindled.”
Dr. Judy Lubin of the Center for Urban and Racial Equity explains why it is important to be intentional about dismantling systemic racism in the coming battle to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.
In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.
Bad managers, burnout, and health fears are causing record numbers of workers to quit the industry for good.
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