In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the violence of the white “savior.â€
To show their support of a future Madame President, Gov. Tim Walz and others in the party are publicly relinquishing male power and privilege.
In the wake of AIPAC’s ouster of two pro-Palestine congressional Democrats, a Jewish American digs into the reality of Zionist influence in American politics.
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.
In my faith tradition, there’s a well-worn adage that the truth will set us free. This idiom, expressed from the pulpits and at dinner tables, is an encouragement to uphold
By embracing harm reduction principles, our culture can collectively empower and protect sex workers.
On stage and in the courthouse, these queens prove drag is not a crime.
Citizens in Puerto Rico and other colonized U.S. territories can’t vote, but they are still active participants in democracy.
Advocates are on a quest to build a survivor-centric society that frees us all from violence.
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.
Keeping guns out of schools should be a no-brainer.
The more we learn about people, cultures, and environments different from our own, the more empathy we have for the experiences of others—and the more our moral compasses veer toward
These bibliophiles teach kids to love reading—and themselves.
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
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)
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
Abaki Beck is a writer and public health Ph.D. student. Her work has been featured in Bitch, YES!, TalkPoverty, Health Affairs, and the books Aftermath: Life in Post-Roe America (She
YES! ÎÞÂëÊÓƵ's interim executive director shares her reflections on why the truth still matters.
Childhood poverty continues to plague the U.S., though simple solutions exist to address it. Will the next administration implement them?
In this excerpt from “That Librarian,†Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries.
It's hypocritical for each party to claim to speak on behalf of the forgotten and marginalized while mockingly calling the other side “weird.†It’s also deeply regressive.
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
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, and dignity
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