The Power of Beautiful Solutions
A new 鈥渢oolbox for liberation鈥� demonstrates that a more just world is not only possible鈥攊t鈥檚 actively under construction.
Activism
For a Liberated Palestine
Artists, writers, and cultural workers are fighting the genocide in Gaza on another front.
Video | Democrats | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | 2024 Election | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Kamau Franklin
Why Kamala Harris Failed
Rather than conclude Trump won over masses of voters, Kamau Franklin wants to examine why Democrats failed so badly.
Analysis | Donald Trump | Portland | Oregon | Public Safety | Self-Defense | Proud Boys | Antifa | Black Panthers
A Return to Leftist Self-Defense
Communities targeted by escalating right-wing violence are learning from their own histories how to keep each other safe.
Cop Cities Meet Growing Resistance Nationwide
Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.
Reviving Asian American Solidarity
Right-wing forces are recruiting Asian Americans. Here鈥檚 how community members are countering this growing extremism.
Environmental Justice as Birthright
On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother鈥檚 house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a
Video | Climate Change | Sunrise Movement | Ohio | 2024 Election | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | JD Vance
Youth Take J.D. Vance to Task on Climate
Community organizers with the Sunrise Movement explain why they protested outside the GOP Vice Presidential hopeful鈥檚 office.
Why Protest Works鈥擡ven When It鈥檚 Unpopular
High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization鈥攂ut often still yield increased public support for the protest鈥檚 goals, even if the tactics are criticized.
Pride Is Power: How Queer People Are Defeating Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Faced with unprecedented numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills, queer people are taking to the state houses, courts, and communities to prove that love wins.
Analysis | Progress 2025: Race and Policing | Progress 2025 | Police Brutality | #DefundPolice | 2024 Election | Defunding Police
Can Elections Still Help Defund Police?
Efforts to invest in 鈥渃are, not cops鈥� continue in advance of the 2024 election鈥攁lbeit at a slower pace than in 2020.
Toward a Multiracial Immigrants鈥� Rights Movement
A formerly undocumented Salvadorian American immigrant and organizer assesses how the immigrants鈥� rights movement can address anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
Video | Christine Ahn | Feminist Peace Summit | Women Cross DMZ | Korea Peace Now! | Hillary Clinton | Middle East | Marie Berry | Denver | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Campus Uprising
Feminism Is About Justice, Not War
Christine Ahn and Marie Berry report back from the powerful Feminist Peace Summit, held in Denver recently.
Analysis | Election 2024 | Progress 2025: Colonialism and Sovereignty | Progress 2025 | Voting | Education | Students | Generation Z
Gen Z鈥檚 Political Paradox
Zoomers are connected to political issues but disconnected to voting. A young reporter explores the reasons why this is true and what it will take to boost youth voter turnout.
Surprising Solidarity in the Fight for Clean Water and Justice on O鈥檃hu
After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military鈥檚 Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech
Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.
Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All
If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.
A Jewish American Says 鈥淣ot in My Name!鈥�
Many Jewish Americans鈥攊ncluding the thousands who have been arrested protesting Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza鈥攃onsider solidarity with Palestinians to be a moral imperative.
Native Water Warriors Help Delay U.S. Warship, in Solidarity with Palestinians
Coast Salish water warriors in canoes delayed a U.S. military ship believed to be carrying weapons from the Port of Tacoma to Israel.
Video | Climate Change | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Rising Up with Sonali | Climate Defiance
How Young Climate Activists Are Confronting Power
A newly formed organization called Climate Defiance is challenging the Biden administration to live up to its climate change promises.
The Radicalization of Climate Activism
The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn鈥檛 responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.
Eros and the Revolution: Why Activism Needs Pleasure
Punishing ourselves through the deprivation of rest and pleasure won鈥檛 get us free.
The Power of Humor in Indigenous Activism
Native activists are using comedy to fight cultural invisibility and structural oppression.
Good Care for Good Trouble
Three ways to practice community care for movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground keeping good trouble going.
June Jordan鈥檚 Legacy of Solidarity and Love Remains Relevant
The late poet and activist鈥檚 legacy lives on decades after her untimely death鈥攊n the purposeful lives of her former students.
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