Given the escalation of this problem during the pandemic, it’s time to fund more effective responses to domestic violence that truly make our families and communities safer.
Health & Happiness
Patriarchy and capitalism did not leave love untouched. As a child of the diaspora, I’ve learned to find intimacy in many places outside the phenomena of sex and romance.
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
Since 2000, toxic tours in this community have evolved from talking about pollution, to now include systemic racism, policing, and mass incarceration.
A tech startup has developed a way to bridge the nutrition gap for families, at least in the short term.
Two years into a global pandemic, adrienne maree brown invites us to root into compassion and reconnect with our state of interbeing.
An approach to examining systems, navigating emotional distress, and increasing social harmony.
What bees taught me about building community.
For Black and Indigenous communities, it takes more than therapy and medicine to tackle mental illness. We need a holistic approach.
Play the puzzle from our Personal Journeys issue.
In "Stolen Focus," Johann Hari unplugs from digital media and regains his concentration.
Sharing a deeply personal story with the world helped me realize that vulnerability is a powerful tool to create change and inspire others to follow along.
Black history is American history. Put your knowledge to the test with this month’s puzzle.
“I know there is a way to grow older that brings us deeply into living.”
“Rather than letting our relationship with nature extinguish itself during the cold, wet, dark days, we need to take special care to keep it kindled.”
Christena Cleveland on her pilgrimage to find the sacred Black feminine.
Understanding why many Asian Americans don’t seek mental health care—like stigma and lack of culturally appropriate resources—is essential to providing effective support.
From breath work to joyful movement, 9 suggestions on how to compassionately soothe the body amidst pandemic anxiety.
Thich Nhat Hanh, who taught mindfulness for decades, approached death in that same spirit.
adrienne maree brown invites YES! readers to join her in writing “fan fiction and fan poetics for the future.”
Across the state, midwives and doulas are working to increase education and access to their services to more Black and Brown women.
“The ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.”
January’s puzzle takes a literary theme—are you up for the challenge?
Stitching mantas—tortilla covers—is a traditional craft among Latin American women. As migrants wait out the U.S. immigration bureaucracy in a Mexican border city, mantas are increasingly a lifeline.
“Slow work is an exercise in doing less, and more aspirationally, doing nothing.”
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