Political Power

YES! believes in the fundamental right of people to determine their own political future, and reports on efforts to expand access to democracy and voter enfranchisement, while also acknowledging the limits of electoral politics, and “democracy” as it has been used as a bludgeon by imperial powers.

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Activism

Do Your Local Politicians Want to Limit Access to Women’s Health Care? This New App Can Tell You

Hinder is a reproductive justice messaging hub that tells you what your representatives say about women’s bodies. Meet the cabal of comics and writers behind it.

Stacey Garratt | Oct 1, 2015

Education | Wealth and inequality

Why Student Debtors Can’t File for Bankruptcy—Or Can They?

Think you can't declare bankruptcy on your student loan debt? Think again.

YES! Editors | Sep 22, 2015

Native rights | Activism | Wealth and inequality | Citizens United | Renewable energy

“You Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life”: A Montana Professor on the Issue of Our Time

University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he’s standing up to tar sands extraction.

Sarah van Gelder | Aug 28, 2015

Activism

Sci-Fi Fandom Declares Victory After Reactionary Nominees Lose Big at the Hugos

Despite a deck stacked against women and people of color, the voters rewarded both.

Miles Schneiderman | Aug 28, 2015

The Crunch illustration by Jennifer Luxton.

Activism

The Crunch: The Hackers Behind DIY Gynecology (And Other News to Chew On)

A Mexican artist turns guns into a force for good, Banksy turns Disneyland into something dismal, and GynePunks bring open-source gynecology to the masses.

Aug 26, 2015

A pulp science-fiction cover from 1957. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Activism

Sad Puppies, Rabid Chauvinists: Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi’s Biggest Awards?

More and more women have been nominated for Hugo Awards in recent years—until this year. Here’s what’s at stake.

Miles Schneiderman | Aug 15, 2015

After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I’m Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now

YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.

Sarah van Gelder | Aug 13, 2015

Seattle Rent Control Debate photo by Alex Garland

Activism | Local economies

Seattle Led the Country’s Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?

New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.

Marcus Harrison Green | Jul 29, 2015

Native rights | Activism

What Native Hawaiian Culture Can Teach Us About Gender Identity

As the documentary Kumu Hina reveals, living between both genders is the more powerful “mahu" way.

Jade Snow | Jul 27, 2015

Activism

One Poem That Saved a Forest

How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.

Jacqueline Suskin | Jul 21, 2015

Activism

17 Ways You Can Work For Social Justice

Be present, question assumptions, and be loud! Social transformation starts with everyday people working for change.

Nina Flores | Jul 8, 2015

Activism

How a Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Theater to Teach Everyday Activism

Whether the crisis is AIDS or cyber-bullying, Pregones Theater’s empathy-based theater techniques help young people rehearse for action.

Araz Hachadourian | Jun 11, 2015

Activism | Mental health

You’ve Heard What’s Wrong in Freddie Gray’s Neighborhood. Here’s One Local’s Vision for Turning That Around

Blaize Connelly-Duggan’s vision for the neighborhood is all about community ownership and development without displacement.

Mary Hansen | May 12, 2015

Activism

After Years of Living as Squatters, These Filipino Neighbors Fought for Nice, New Homes in Their Community—And Won

When the Manila government proposed relocating squatter families out of the city, residents came together and asked for housing in their own neighborhood.

Aurora Almendral | May 7, 2015

Activism

8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada’s Mega Tar Sands Pipeline

TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick.

Kristin Moe | Apr 10, 2015

Activism

This “Raging Granny” Crashed a Wall Street Dinner to Demand Answers

“Two Raging Grannies” is a beautifully shot film that juxtaposes a journey into activism with a profound meditation on aging.

Peter D'Auria | Mar 27, 2015

Activism | Citizens United

“The Internet Is My Lifeline”: Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X on the FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote

The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the Internet and social media in making the voices of low-income people of color heard.

Kayla Schultz | Mar 4, 2015

Activism | Mental health

Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware?

At feminist hackerspaces, members are less interested in digital trespassing than in developing a safe community for experimenting, creating, and collaborating.

Kayla Schultz | Feb 18, 2015

Activism

Musicians From Egypt to Rwanda Are Blending Musical Traditions and Building Unity to Protect the Nile River Basin

The Nile Project is made up of musicians from different countries, musical genres, and traditions. Their purpose? To promote cooperation and cultural understanding as the diverse peoples of the Nile face threats from water scarcity and climate change.

Valerie Schloredt | Feb 6, 2015

Activism | Jobs

What a Real-Life Rosie the Riveter Taught This Feminist Geek

Before meeting Geraldine, I’d assumed that most of the women from the 1940s were unaware of how capable they were. I was wrong.

Lindsey Weedston | Feb 6, 2015

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Activism

Sharing Music Builds Trust, Empathy, and Cooperation—Here Are Four Ways Science Proves It

There is something about listening to music, or playing it with other people, that makes you feel connected to those around you. Even science says so.

Jill Suttie | Feb 4, 2015

Native rights | Activism | Mental health

These Gorgeous Photographs Show Indigenous Americans Without the Stereotypes

Three years ago, Matika Wilbur set out on an ambitious undertaking: a vast road trip across America to photograph members of all 562 of America’s federally-recognized tribes.

Natasha Donovan | Jan 30, 2015

Activism | Local economies

Forget Venture Capitalists—This Scrappy Composting Co-Op Found Another Way to Get Startup Money

The banking system makes it tough for local businesses to get their hands on startup money. But creative entrepreneurs are finding solutions.

Laura Flanders | Jan 30, 2015

Activism

Anti-Austerity Party Sweeps Greek Elections—What US Progressives Can Learn

There are plenty of lessons to be taken from Syriza’s victory and the rise to power of Spain's Podemos party, but striving to speak to people rather than politics might be chief among them.

Kate Aronoff | Jan 29, 2015

Sustainable food and farming | Activism

How a Low-Tech Seed Bank in Greece Preserves Thousands of Heritage Crops

Members of the Greek seed bank Peliti say that keeping their wares in production—instead of in refrigerators—improves the health of the plants they’re working to save.

Jeffrey Andreoni | Dec 30, 2014

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