Pushing Back Against Loosening Child Labor Laws
Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back.
Economy
Can Paying Parents Lead to Healthier Children?
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
Diversifying Hollywood From the Ground Up
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.
Closing the Gender Wage Gap
The pay gap between men and women has stubbornly persisted for two decades. Here’s how to close it.
Where Mutual Aid Comes to Its Own Assistance
Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.
Ohio Derailment Sparks Renewed Calls to Nationalize Rail
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.
Could We End Wealth?
Billionaires are just one symptom of our upside-down economic system.
Can Tearing Down Freeways Bring New Life to Cities?
Before the freeways came in, Bronzeville, on Milwaukee’s North Side, was a vibrant neighborhood known for its restaurants, bars, and jazz scene. The area had been home to successive waves
Why Farmers in Zimbabwe Are Shifting to Bees
Without the need for dedicated land or water, honeybees offer a more stable climate future.
Time Is Money: The True Cost of Commuting
Commuting time continues to grow, in effect reducing wages by more than 10%.
Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Why We Need Pirates
Exploited sailors escaped to form egalitarian outlaw societies under the Jolly Roger.
The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore
Tired of waiting for the city to address housing justice, Baltimore’s constellation of grassroots activists and institutions are charging forward to keep residents in their homes and increase availability of affordable housing.
Divesting Money From Fossil Fuels
Over 10 years, trillions of dollars in assets have been extracted from global fossil fuels.
Green Banks Catalyze Green Energy Projects
Financial nonprofits are building capacity for transformative energy upgrades that could turn climate action dreams into realities.
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
The Fight for Housing Justice in Los Angeles
From the Los Angeles Tenants Union to Downtown Crenshaw, communities of color in L.A. are rewriting the rules of housing rights.
Nonprofits Need to Practice What They Preach
Nonprofit organizations attract employees from diverse backgrounds, but often fail to create affirming workplace cultures for them.
How California Can Better Serve Homeless Students
Schools are federally mandated to provide extra support to students experiencing homelessness, but many students—particularly those of color—continue to fall through the cracks in California.
Building the Block: Sustaining Culture
“Building the Block” is an original six-part series examining how communities are building cultural sustainability in their own neighborhoods and beyond.
Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change
The elimination of student debt is just the first step in mitigating the pervasive effects of racial capitalism.
How Activists Are Trying to Change the Way Banking Gets Done
A public bank would allow the state of New York to keep its money closer to home, and put it to good work.
Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth
To address the problems of our “surprisingly impoverished democracy” in the midterm elections, Liz Theoharis argues that policymakers would have to take seriously the realities of tens of millions of poor and low-income people.
Reclaiming Abundance Under Capitalism
Is there a way we can be critical of our cultures of consumption, while also preserving the spirit of abundance?
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