Either you’re actively working against sexual violence or you’re enabling it.
Through partnering with local farmers, the USDA has begun to tackle its racist past.
America has a long history of violence against black citizens. What response can disrupt patterns set by centuries of racism?
Recent research has shown cities what works. For starters, hire more female police officers.
Three comedians using stand-up to breakdown gender stereotypes.
When Donald Trump gets more air time than Bernie Sanders, the media misses the mark on grassroots change.
Why feminist burlesque performers put their bodies and politics in full view.
Six things we can learn from Northern Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, where cooperatives drive the economy.
Listening can help ease the transition home for veterans and ultimately heal us as a nation.
Independence Day is tough on coastal ecosystems where Americans flock to beach parties and communities are left with the mess. Here's how to do it better.
Women make up nearly half of the workforce, yet old-fashioned policies keep them unequal partners. To remedy this, we must first ensure basic opportunities—like making sure girls can get to school.
If we listen carefully to Trump’s supporters, we can hear their desire for progressive policies.
Seventeen states have called for a constitutional amendment to reduce the influence of money in politics. So who’s next?
Maybe now we can renegotiate the corporate boundaries and interests that overtook those of communities.
The bill would redistribute money to citizens and local businesses, an idea supported by both conservative and liberal economists.
A self-defense model focused on rediscovering strength rather than putting up your guard helps Native American women heal from sexual assault.
Protesting a police killing and marching in support of a man convicted of rape can pose a real dilemma when one in five women nationwide has suffered a sexual assault.
Surely, I am not less queer just because I am Muslim.
A letter to the presidential candidate after his campaign stopped in Greensboro, North Carolina.
For years, I suffered alone with Crohn’s disease. But a one-night stand and Bag Lady Mama’s body-positive Facebook page changed that.
With a mix of anger and excitement, Bernie Sanders supporters shift focus away from the presidency and search for ways to sustain the political revolution sparked by his campaign.
Meet six people from the recent People’s Summit in Chicago coming to terms with supporting the senator’s ideas, rather than his campaign for president.
In Sonoma County, women are coming together to support one another and advocate for the safety of undocumented fieldworkers who often work in isolation.
From a First Nation’s fight against Big Oil to Seattle’s school to prison pipeline, YES! Magazine coverage was honored in this year’s SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism Contest.
Why are some women more invisible than others? To grow new anti-patriarchal movements like Black Lives Matter, we need to start opening our eyes.
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