Recognizing the generational harm caused by Native “boarding schools” is just the beginning. True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Recognizing the generational harm caused by Native “boarding schools” is just the beginning. True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
By embracing harm reduction principles, our culture can collectively empower and protect sex workers. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
On stage and in the courthouse, these queens prove drag is not a crime. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Citizens in Puerto Rico and other colonized U.S. territories can’t vote, but they are still active participants in democracy. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Advocates are on a quest to build a survivor-centric society that frees us all from violence. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
For centuries, the gifts of nature have been thoughtfully nurtured according to seasonal rhythms, and foods now deemed “wild” have been cultivated with the same devotion as a cherished garden. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
These bibliophiles teach kids to love reading—and themselves. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
LGBTQ journalists manage a mighty breadth of work. We are reporting in our local communities, tracking anti-queer and trans legislation across the United States, championing queer and trans youth, highlighting Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The truth is Black people are overwhelmingly broke. In 2021, nearly 25% of Black families in the United States had either no wealth (what you own minus what you owe) Continue reading at the publisher's website.
The demands of the racial justice uprisings of 2020 were never solely about policing. Stonebreakers (Awen Films, 2022), a documentary that chronicles the battles over historical memory that emerged during Continue reading at the publisher's website.
YES! Media's interim executive director shares her reflections on why the truth still matters. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Childhood poverty continues to plague the U.S., though simple solutions exist to address it. Will the next administration implement them? Continue reading at the publisher's website.
In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
A note from adrienne maree brown: Gilda Sheppard directed a film called Since I Been Down, in which Kimonti Carter was a protagonist as a transformed man leading his community Continue reading at the publisher's website.
On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother’s house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a Continue reading at the publisher's website.
In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black Continue reading at the publisher's website.
In response to Project 2025’s regressive political agenda, YES! has launched this hub for the big ideas—and grassroots methods—that offer solutions for democracy. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Efforts to decolonize the herring roe harvest in Alaska highlight the contrast between tribal subsistence practices and the Department of Fish and Game’s management strategy. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community’s unique needs. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political résumé—but criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
More than 130 years after the first ball was held, ballroom continues to be an essential place for Black and Brown LGBTQ people to find care, connection, and chosen family. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Most Americans report they don’t know enough math to make routine financial decisions. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Even before abortion became illegal in 14 states, some reproductive health care clinics were rebranding to better reflect the broad spectrum of gender-inclusive care they provide. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous—and almost always those who are most marginalized—who dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics—from production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it’s too late. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Young people who have read Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel say it’s not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
In Tijuana, Uganda, and Gaza, refugees facing dispossession, displacement, and constant violence are finding moments of solace in the art of dance. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, “Drop In” chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable. Continue reading at the publisher's website.