Winter Issue: Building Bridges Our Winter issue on Building Bridges struck a chord with some readers who were looking for inspiration to find healing and connection in our polarized society.
Nothing makes you consider the state of the world like having a child. As my spouse and I prepare to welcome our firstborn, I find myself taking stock of my community, my surroundings, and my intentions, wondering what kind of world my child will inherit.
But wondering doesn’t change what’s possible. Changing the future saving the future—requires active participation, sacrifice, compromise, collaboration, and creativity.
Recent harm reduction innovations are literally saving drug users’ lives.
In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses.
Diving With A Purpose is training Black divers to assist in the documentation and preservation of slave ship wrecks.
The spring issue of YES! is available for just a couple more days when you get a subscription to YES! Magazine. In this issue, we ask what it will take
Progressive candidates can't write off rural communities if they want to advance their causes. In fact, many of their causes will resonate.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Fears of a new U.S. war in the Middle East surged at the beginning of the year, along with speculation that the government could reinstate the military draft. In this
Photographer John Moore documents the surviving wildlife and the volunteers and veterinary workers who have responded to the country's fires
The leaderless sit-in demonstrations by Muslim women have continued around the clock for the last three months and are now being replicated in cities across the country.
Ericka Hart is uplifting the experiences of historically marginalized people.
Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, about 30 deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office arrived at 2928 Magnolia St. in West Oakland. They came armed with rifles and
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
A California-based program provides newly released long-term prisoners with a chance at a new life.
As the 2020 election season gets under way, activists are beginning to push back against voter disenfranchisement across the country.
A new guide provides resources to help those being returned to their countries of origin.
Maryland becomes the first state to consider recommendations for addressing its legacy of lynching.
No system is perfect, but there are many others around the world that do better than ours. We should follow their examples.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
There are many good books that capture the experiences of Latinx life. Most of them are written by Latinx authors and don’t reinforce stereotypes.
What do we mean when we talk about “socialism”? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.
The trans and undocumented Latinas who started the Mirror Beauty Cooperative want it to be a model for equal pay and worker-ownership.
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
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