A team of Portland activists is working to keep Black residents in their homes with maintenance and upgrades.
A brief history, including evergreen trees, presents, and Santa Claus.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week we look at how you can electrify your life for the planet.
If you are wondering whether a political movement is effective, follow the music.
An alcohol aficionado on how spirits like bourbon fit into our food system.
The first of its kind, the nine-member task force will study and develop reparations proposals in order to start repairing the harm done to African American families and communities by U.S. policies.
Here at YES!, we’re fortunate to have windows into moments of hope, progress, and positive change.
adrienne maree brown reflects on the sacred rest that comes about with the winter solstice.
We asked you to share which foods make you feel connected to your roots. Your answers blew us away.
For years, horror—a sort of safe danger I knew had an end—got me through some seriously traumatic situations.
A group of activists in the German capital are pushing an ambitious plan to eliminate private vehicles in the city center, an area twice as big as Manhattan.
YES! staff recommend books that influenced and entertained us this year.
Lies, conspiracy theories, and quack cures about COVID-19 are all over the internet—and immigrants are particularly vulnerable. But concerted community efforts can combat it.
The city of Brno’s growing migrant population had been mostly served by NGOs. It wasn’t enough. So the city brought the work in-house.
“Lawmakers need to figure out better ways to balance the interests of industry with protecting people’s health.”
Years of “tough-on-crime” policies have resulted in growing numbers of elderly people remaining in prison for decades. It’s past time to enact policies that help them come home.
Female faculty members of color are disproportionately called upon by both colleagues and students to do diversity, equity, and inclusion work—with no compensation for this labor.
This unregulated technology has served to enhance discriminatory practices by law enforcement and further endanger the lives of communities of color.
“When we started our farm-to-hospital concept, we never could have anticipated a global pandemic, but the pandemic provided proof of concept.”
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to talk to kids about climate change.
Indigenous and Aboriginal women on Bainbridge Island had to hide their identity. Now, their adult children embrace it.
Studies show that investments in public art can improve street safety, provide tourism and new jobs, and combat social isolation and anxiety.
The clues for December’s puzzle focus on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed this month in 1948.
The likely outcome of the Dobbs decision will have far-reaching effects on women’s health, both physiological and financial.
Which social justice movements and organizations do you see helping to build a better world right now? How have they inspired you or transformed how you think or act?
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