When I learned that my first issue as editorial director of YES! would be on death, I cringed a bit. No one likes to think about death, much less talk about it. In fact, death might be more taboo to discuss than even sex or money. A recent survey found that only about a third of people had discussed making wills with their partners, or their wishes concerning their funerals. It’s almost as though we believe that dying doesn’t actually happen. At least not to us.
Private and individual donors—and recently a few states—have been stepping into a federal funding void to finance gun violence research.
Women’s leadership won’t be a panacea for the overwhelming whiteness of climate leadership, but it’s a starting place.
Congress is officially moving toward impeaching the president. But even then, it’s up to the people to keep our republic.
Two generations saw our Inuit and Dine homelands in Northern Canada nearly destroyed. Now my way of life is one of cultural repair.
Protest runs through the region’s veins like coal seams through the mountains.
Obtaining medically accurate information about abortion can be difficult yet dire for pregnant people desperate for answers.
Climate change requires closer attention to the changes in our environment.
A close look at the data reveals a clear path to survival on this crowded planet.
“Every single person can make a huge difference, and when we come together to work, anything is possible.”
Naomi Klein’s new book “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal” is essential reading, but does it go far enough in confronting the grim realities we truly face?
The descendants of settlers and immigrants can’t become Indigenous to the land where we live. But we can follow the models of coexistence.
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
The environmental activist says surviving an existential threat like climate change requires honesty—and hope.
Overproduction and planned obsolescence are the new normal. But fixing your broken things is a way to resist—and build community.
Our emotional energy can be a source of power.
Author and end-of-life educator Sallie Tisdale gets real about death and dying.
Time and time again women have proven that viewers are interested in the stories they tell.
While student–family events are well-intentioned, they can also exclude certain students. Teachers are pushing for activities that include all the important adults in a child’s life.
Two art projects explore the impact of gun violence, with a focus on mass shootings and police brutality.
A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish, a Native American tribe that’s petitioned for federal recognition for the last 40 years.
In many rural areas, a lack of banking options has led to an increase in predatory lending. In eastern Kentucky, a new nonprofit is fighting back.
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors, and prevent isolation and other PTSD-related issues permeating Black communities.
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