While politicians on both sides of the aisle embrace 鈥渢ough on immigration鈥� policies, asylum seekers hoping to enter the U.S. are turning to grassroots organizations for information, safety, and dignity
Birth workers serving Black pregnant people maintain the holistic methods鈥攁nd data privacy鈥攖hat distinguish doula care from the medical-industrial complex.
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
In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harris鈥� nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black
In response to Project 2025鈥檚 regressive political agenda, YES! has launched this hub for the big ideas鈥攁nd grassroots methods鈥攖hat offer solutions for democracy.
Efforts to decolonize the herring roe harvest in Alaska highlight the contrast between tribal subsistence practices and the Department of Fish and Game鈥檚 management strategy.
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鈥檚 unique needs.
Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political r茅sum茅鈥攂ut criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.
In this excerpt from 鈥淏eginning Again,鈥� Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home.
无码视频 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.
Most Americans report they don鈥檛 know enough math to make routine financial decisions.
The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel鈥檚 military has only increased since Israeli forces
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
Most international aid groups evacuated Khartoum when the fighting began and haven鈥檛 returned, so locals are finding ways to feed one another.
Now more than ever, we must learn ways to make ourselves鈥攁nd each other鈥攚hole in the aftermath of rupture.
Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.
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.
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.
In stark contrast to the billionaire Ambanis鈥� wedding, some Indians are subverting patriarchy, caste, and class in their ceremonies.
Exploring the history of land theft in the U.S., Brea Baker argues that the Black reparations and Indigenous Landback movements are stronger together.
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous鈥攁nd almost always those who are most marginalized鈥攚ho dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics鈥攆rom production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it鈥檚 too late.
AI is trained on data from our health care system as it exists, which means the data is contaminated by racial, economic, and regional disparities. But there are solutions.
Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.
Young people who have read Octavia Butler鈥檚 1993 novel say it鈥檚 not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today.
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