People are taking to the streets to resist repression, from the U.S. to Japan.
We must redistribute wealth and not look at it as a favor, but a call to action
Exclusionary laws banning transgender youth from team sports are not only unsportsmanlike, they’re also rooted in falsehoods, says this trans journalist.
Join YES! for the Plastic Free Ecochallenge, a month-long effort to help all of us to shift away from our single-use plastic dependency and to care for our ecosystems.
The writer and activist Robert Jensen does a close reading of Ijeoma Oluo’s latest book, and considers what we need to dismantle for our mutual survival.
The U.S. territory has not had any abortion providers since 2018, and antiquated laws are preventing women from obtaining those services.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
A grassroots project to build biomass-heated greenhouses aims to alleviate food insecurity in the communities most affected by it.
Often erased from history, scholars are now realizing that transgender and nonbinary people have existed in most human societies across time.
No straight answers here.
“We need to get ready for good things coming,” says Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe.
Anti-democratic voter suppression bills are sweeping the country, taking aim at many of the methods that supported record turnout in the 2020 election.
Tell us about your individual actions, the community organizing you’re doing, or the campaigns you’re a part of that are making progress and tackling the plastic problem.
Efforts to decolonize forest protection have been stalling for years. COVID-19 might give the movement the urgency it needs.
The remote woods and mountains—accessed on long, challenging thru-hikes—are places of healing for former soldiers who suffer from the trauma of war.
A mob tried to destroy a prosperous Black community, but Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood would not be kept down.
100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, organizers are using trees, education, and reconciliation to channel the resilience of Black Wall Street.
As we observe the centennial anniversary of the destruction and learn of the movements to rebuild Black Wall Street, it is important that we know this history.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
“Leaning more into my heritage keeps me rooted and reminds me that we are all deeply connected, and how we treat each other, and how we show up deeply matters.”
In both the U.S. and Israel, the forces of colonialism have led to an unsustainable, oppressive status quo.
How I learned to embrace the in-between.
It’s going to require government investment in both women employees and entrepreneurs.
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
It’s not easy, but it is possible.
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