To reject the growth mindset, we must divorce ourselves from careerism.
Economy
Who controls the reins of artificial intelligence will determine whether it serves us all or the wealthy few.
From baby bonds to reparations, the government can undertake specific economic policies to help close the racial wealth gap.
As compounding crises have plunged Puerto Rico into darkness, local artists bring light back to the island.
The UPS Teamsters flexed their collective muscle to win most of their demands from the world’s largest delivery company.
Will Hollywood’s striking writers and actors translate their experiences into pro-labor, anti-capitalist on-screen stories?
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
With climate-fueled hurricanes in their past and future, Puerto Ricans are taking back their power.
Data from rural Placer County, California, mirrors a larger national trend that shows fewer teen pregnancies, reduced youth crime rates, and higher educational attainment.
The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors’ Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.
The caucasity of television shows about the casual cruelty of excess is critically important. Succession didn’t shy away from that, and neither should other shows profiling the rich.
Unionized government employees are stepping in.
The U.S. is finally moving away from fossil fuels, but there aren’t enough electricians to do the job.
Farmworkers have risked it all to shed light on the abuses they endure. Are we ready to listen?
A task force calculated how much Black residents should receive for systemic, state-sanctioned discrimination and ongoing harm.
As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they’re on strike.
Amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people who have health insurance actually rose, and has now hit record highs.
Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back.
It was like money falling from the sky. Except the city of Los Angeles would be sending it to her in a debit card every month. A thousand dollars. To
Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.
The pay gap between men and women has stubbornly persisted for two decades. Here’s how to close it.
Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.
For “Rising Up with Sonali,” YES! Racial Justice editor Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Carl Rosen, General President of United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, and Marilee Taylor, 34-year veteran retired locomotive engineer and member of Railroad Workers United.
Billionaires are just one symptom of our upside-down economic system.
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