Outrage over videos of violent injustice will help spark deep social change.
In a growing number of states, communities are demanding more self-governance over everything from environmental sustainability to gun control.
Too many headlines and stories right now are contributing to a polarized society, but media could instead play an important role in revealing our shared humanity.
Will we respond to Trump’s appeal to the reptilian brain or choose Clinton’s call to our higher nature?
As the presidential race has demonstrated, 2016 is the year for outsiders, and no group can be considered further from the establishment than Native Americans.
Who will be Indian Country’s Obama? Look to the states. Her name will be Paulette, Peggy, or Denise.
The film “Bikes vs Cars” tells us that bicycling for transportation can reduce our emissions. But more importantly, bicycling can change our mindset.
Cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies.
Coal left in the ground is an investment in the climate, as well as the future of families in rural communities and the tribes.
From specialized clinics for African Americans to social media events that take the shame out of sharing, there's a movement to heal the psychological scars of racism.
From Obama to Black Lives Matter, everyone is talking about structural racism—something Trump’s supporters don’t want to own.
Laughter makes us feel safer, stronger, and more together. In Cleveland, activists used it to flip Trump's own ridiculous words upside down.
Not only would the ordinance get big money out of St. Petersburg elections, but it could lead to a legal clash ending super PACs across the country.
The one thing we can count on is change. But what will make that change inclusive and sustainable instead of violent and fascistic?
As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a “gateway crop” to financial sustainability for the state’s small farms.
Community activists in the country’s most corrupt state won an unlikely victory to convert a coal plant to natural gas.
Throughout the country there are revitalization efforts to bring back to life long-neglected urban wild areas.
A photographer explores what’s important when you’ve lived fewer than seven years or more than seven decades.
The 20th anniversary issue of YES! will show you, state by state, how change happens when communities work together. Tell us what’s happening where you live today.
A Seattle-area school aims to better prepare Black and Latino students for careers in math and science through its unique program.
The deceptive branding behind corporatists’ preference for the term “free trade” over simply “trade.”
The country will soon unveil a massive bike path linking 10 cities and four universities within its borders.
Emotions aren’t gender exclusive.
Coastal tribes share tactics and resources to bring fossil fuel transport to a halt.
The most effective reforms are the ones that build community trust between citizens and the police that serve them.
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