Diving With A Purpose is training Black divers to assist in the documentation and preservation of slave ship wrecks.
The spring issue of YES! is available for just a couple more days when you get a subscription to YES! Magazine. In this issue, we ask what it will take
Progressive candidates can't write off rural communities if they want to advance their causes. In fact, many of their causes will resonate.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Fears of a new U.S. war in the Middle East surged at the beginning of the year, along with speculation that the government could reinstate the military draft. In this
Photographer John Moore documents the surviving wildlife and the volunteers and veterinary workers who have responded to the country's fires
The leaderless sit-in demonstrations by Muslim women have continued around the clock for the last three months and are now being replicated in cities across the country.
Ericka Hart is uplifting the experiences of historically marginalized people.
Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, about 30 deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office arrived at 2928 Magnolia St. in West Oakland. They came armed with rifles and
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
A California-based program provides newly released long-term prisoners with a chance at a new life.
As the 2020 election season gets under way, activists are beginning to push back against voter disenfranchisement across the country.
A new guide provides resources to help those being returned to their countries of origin.
Maryland becomes the first state to consider recommendations for addressing its legacy of lynching.
No system is perfect, but there are many others around the world that do better than ours. We should follow their examples.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
There are many good books that capture the experiences of Latinx life. Most of them are written by Latinx authors and don’t reinforce stereotypes.
What do we mean when we talk about “socialism”? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.
The trans and undocumented Latinas who started the Mirror Beauty Cooperative want it to be a model for equal pay and worker-ownership.
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
“Look at that little bald head,” Jewel Adams said. Moving toward Adams in the arms of her mother, and wearing a ruffled, magenta onesie, is 3-week-old Safiyah James. “Hi Sophia,”
Somali health care practitioners are addressing the cultural and medical concerns of women in their communities.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees, and destroying ancestral and totemic plants
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