Kids Say #MeToo After Each Performance of This Play
As sex education steadily loses federal funding, this program teaches kids about personal body safety—and that abuse is never their fault.
Social Justice
Where You Can Still Hear Stories of the Palestinian Expulsions 70 Years Ago
On Twitter, #MyNakbaStory allows descendants of the 700,000 exiled during the formation of Israel to honor their past—and continue their protests.
If a Queer Woman of Color Can Check Her Wealth Privilege, So Can You
Wealth accumulation has its roots in stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen lives. But you can organize other privileged people with compassion.
After Centuries of Housing Racism, a Southern City Gets Innovative
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
Beyond Fasting: What We Can All Learn From Ramadan
It’s a holiday intended for introspection and community, something Muslims and non-Muslims alike can benefit from.
Twelve Years Old and Out of Time
Childhood ends when a black child is criminalized.
For Young Professionals, Rural Towns Are Doing What Cities Can’t
Low housing prices, good school systems, and friendly neighbors make small-town living an appealing option for young people—but is it for everybody?
How a University and a Tribe Are Teaming Up to Revive a Lost Language
At Miami University in Ohio, the Myaamia Center is revitalizing culture and building racial equity. The project was decades in the making.
Agroecology Is Becoming A Global Movement. But Where Does the U.S. Fit In?
If there’s one thing the American food movement could learn from the global movement for agroecology, it’s that movements move government policy, not the other way around.
How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden
Amid a housing crisis, a London neighborhood found a way to protect a parcel of rewilded land—then transform it into something better.
What Ben Carson Gets Wrong About Fair Housing
Housing policy that emphasizes “self-sufficiency" creates the illusion that where people live is solely their choice.
An Indigenous Poet on SPAM and Colonialism
Our guttural love of SPAM was born in 1944, when
cases of the shiny cans were berthed from aircraft carriers.
How Foodies Can Understand Capitalism and Farm-to-Table Justice
Our food system can be a place for systemic transformation through an alliance between the progressive and radical wings of the food movement.
Protected by a Church Nearly a Year, Colorado Woman Helps Draft a “People’s Resolution”
She and three other women are working to address the specific gaps in immigration law that led each to where she is now.
Those Bikes All Over Your City Are a Good Thing. Here’s Why
Bike-sharing stations are often built in affluent and predominantly white urban neighborhoods. But going dockless is a game changer.
The Rachel Dolezal Netflix Movie: Which Side of the Divide Are You On?
This audio story was produced by YES! Media.
The Surprising Tourist Destinations Reviving Coal Country
From punk rock to theater to ultramarathons, Kentucky towns are diversifying their economies—and uplifting local voices.
Native and European—How Do I Honor All Parts of Myself?
Learning about my roots has helped me understand intergenerational trauma and cultural resilience related to my genetics.
Why Misunderstanding Identity Politics Undermines Intersectionality—and Goals of a Just Society
A white patriarchal system should not define who ideal citizens are.
A Bag of Cheap Groceries Is No Substitute for Political Power
We can’t ignore the economic system, policies, and incentives that encourage 40 percent of all food to go to waste.
4 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Activism
Here’s how to use different platforms to spread awareness and get other people excited about your cause.
“I Am Hawaiian First”
Aloha allows us to always have a commonality, regardless of our politics or gender expression.
Native Language Schools Are Taking Back Education
More than a century ago, the last fluent speakers of Wôpanâak passed away. Now this school is working to revive the language.
30,000 Copies and Counting: This Newspaper Helps Inmates Prepare for Life on the Outside
A former inmate’s resource guide is now helping others released from jail find their way back into society.
What You Learn from a Life Surrounded By Troublemaking, Kickass Women
Why Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards believes that now, more than ever, women are the most important political force in America.
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