Peace and Justice from YES! magazine

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has promised a dystopian vision for LGBTQ rights. Its ideas are consistent with authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives. I...

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/election-rights-progress-lgbtq

The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2024/09/11/forest-rights-nature-ecuador

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the violence of the white “savior.”

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/09/09/amazon-native-ecuador-indigenous

YES! Executive Editor Evette Dionne previews the latest issue of YES! Magazine, themed around "truth."

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/latest-magazine-issue-truth

Librarian Amanda Jones refused to stay silent in the face of vicious attacks by a right-wing book-banning campaign. She tells all in a new book.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/book-ban-library-librarian

In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/09/03/books-library-censorship

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

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/08/29/washington-prison-parole-tacoma

Incarcerated Americans aren’t allowed to vote. Those with felonies also face barriers. Here’s what that means for democracy.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/jail-election-prison-vote

While politicians on both sides of the aisle embrace “tough on immigration” policies, asylum seekers hoping to enter the U.S. are turning to grassroots organizations for information, safety, ...

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/28/mexico-election-immigration-asylum

Birth workers serving Black pregnant people maintain the holistic methods—and data privacy—that distinguish doula care from the medical-industrial complex.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/08/27/black-data-birth-privacy

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

https://www.yesmagazine.org/climate/2024/08/24/youth-native-climate-lawsuit

A Bangladesh-born labor explores the South Asian nation’s prospects to transition to a stable democracy now that the dust has settled from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/student-revolution-democracy-bangladesh

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

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/08/20/how-black-women-can-protect-their-peace-this-election-cycle

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.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/08/19/what-is-progress-2025

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.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/19/fish-alaska-native-herring

Young adult author Jordan Ifueko has created new worlds with her best-selling series Raybearer, centering Black characters and workers.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/books-fantasy-race-economy

Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political résumé—but criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/08/15/harris-kamala-election-election

Video now circulating in Israeli media corroborates allegations from Palestinian detainees that Israeli agents at Sde Teiman detention center rape and torture prisoners.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/israel-prison-abuse-palestine

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/13/appalachia-nikki-giovanni

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.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/12/black-gay-trans-ballroom

The National Black Farmers Association just won a historic $2.2 billion in reparations from the U.S. government.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/black-farmers-usda-discrimination

Most Americans report they don’t know enough math to make routine financial decisions.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/09/education-math-equity

After conducting the largest-ever survey of Black Americans, Black to the Future has released a detailed Black economic agenda.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/black-economy-future-census

The Ferguson uprising ignited a national reckoning about racist policing. Missouri State Sen. Brian Williams, who grew up in Ferguson, reflects on the progress made and challenges remaining.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/police-missouri-ferguson-mike-brown

Most international aid groups evacuated Khartoum when the fighting began and haven’t returned, so locals are finding ways to feed one another.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/08/02/food-kitchen-sudan-war

Community organizers with the Sunrise Movement explain why they protested outside the GOP Vice Presidential hopeful’s office.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/ohio-vance-jd-climate

Sonya Massey's killing is a reminder that police do not keep Black women, nor Black disabled people, safe, says activist Cat Brooks.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/death-illinois-police-sonya-massey

Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/07/30/kamala-harris-women-president

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.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/07/29/health-care-gender-abortion-inclusive

Youth reporter Aina Marzia explains why Octavia Butler’s 1993 dystopian novel strikes a chord among her generation.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/butler-gen-z-parable

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.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2024/07/26/why-protest-works

Dortell Williams, who has spent more than 30 years in prison, reflects on the true causes of crime.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/california-jail-safety-crime-prison

In stark contrast to the billionaire Ambanis’ wedding, some Indians are subverting patriarchy, caste, and class in their ceremonies.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/07/24/wedding-india-ambani-caste

Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/07/23/black-land-native-ownership

Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/07/18/trump-shooting-assassination-political

Young people who have read Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel say it’s not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/07/18/butler-gen-z-parable-sower

The RNC’s idea of “Making America Safe Again” is centered on policing and harsh anti-immigrant detention, not on gun violence.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/rnc-gun-political-violence

Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2024/07/16/ecuador-native-dragon-fruit

As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, “Drop In” chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/culture/2024/07/16/women-olympics-gender-rebel

At a time of extreme heat, a new proposed OSHA rule could protect millions of American workers from heat-related stresses and even fatalities.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/summer-heat-labor-worker

Sex education is often taboo in close-knit Druze communities, but a new generation is creating its own care networks.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2024/07/12/sex-education-health-tradition-druze

Advocates are working to overcome patriarchal structures worldwide that deny menstruating people dignity, access, and agency.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2024/07/10/women-periods-shame-menstruation

Police intervention at the student encampment for Gaza at Atlanta’s Emory University was faster and more violent than most. Protestors expected and were prepared for it, thanks to the ongoing m...

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/07/09/atlanta-police-student-gaza-emory

In rural Argentina, Hacienda Camino offers parents a suite of skills and resources to help raise healthy children.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/07/05/food-argentina-parents

In the face of catastrophic climate change and the genocide in Gaza, can the world afford to hold a spectacle such as the Olympics?

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/games-paris-olympics

Author and activist Brea Baker explores why Black land ownership is a critical aspect of reparations for Black Americans.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/black-american-land-reparations

Collective grief is a powerful tool that has historically fueled social justice organizing—and healing.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2024/07/02/public-healing-grief

As temperatures continue to rise, California workers, worker protection groups, and state regulators are making progress on implementing heat regulations.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2024/07/01/summer-california-heat-labor

For the city’s LGBTQ community, Toronto’s outdoor spaces have been sites of both liberation and violence

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/06/28/nature-toronto-canada-lgbtq

Palestinian refugees are settling in the Philippines, and bringing their cultural foods with them.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/06/27/food-kitchen-philippines-gaza