Do you need a permit to ride bicycles in New York? Critical Mass bicyclists say the First Amendment is their permit.
Social Justice
Students for a Democratic Society is reborn, working with veteran activists to build movements for today.
Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.
Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous
president, is forwarding a socially just agenda that promotes
the country's sovereignty and
multiculturalism.
Some provide water, others education and advocacy. Individuals in border states are making human rights real.
The unabridged text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948: the first, comprehensive, internationally approved statement of rights.
The U.S. has a proud history of advancing human rights—and sometimes forgetting them. Historian Eric Foner proposes we give humility and respect a try.
Lisa Gale Garrigues offers some rants against
those tempted to cross borders.
When Katrina hit New Orleans, medics on bicycles toured the city bringing relief where other agencies failed to show.
Being poor may be as great a risk factor in personal health as the consumption of cigarettes or junk food.
Hopi and Iroquois prophecies draw on long
cultural memories, offering practical approaches to surviving
hard times.
On YES! Magazine's 10th anniversary, we look at trends that are changing our culture, our relationship to the earth, and our sense of self.
A nonviolent army stands fast, watching over human rights in the midst of conflict, a model of courageous peace.
Monitoring human rights abuses at checkpoints in occupied Palestine
Movement building is not just about winning on a particular issue, says Grace Lee Boggs. It is about advancing the evolution of human society.
When farmworkers needed a way to reach one another, they invited activists nationwide for a radio barn raising.
I do not feel particularly brave when I speak. I am simply propelled by the force of what I want to say.
Many thought the global movement against unfair trade started in Seattle 1999. But going back over 200 years, people have reached across borders to end the slave trade, shame a brutal colonial regime, and bring respite to laborers of the industrial revolution.
Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s revolutionary ideas and what they might mean for us today.
Why do so many attempts to build coalitions across race and culture result in hurt and division? These seasoned activists offer tips on what makes the difference between success and disaster.
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
Immigrant deportions, NSEERS, National Security
Entry Exit Registration System, immigrant rights, Pramila
Jayapal
An indigenous people at the tip of South
America reclaims health, culture, and the vitality of the
land.
"The Seed Lady of Watts" is getting fresh food
into an area better known for its toxics and
poverty
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