How One San Francisco Neighborhood Became 鈥淚mmune鈥� to Gentrification
With more than a quarter of the Tenderloin鈥檚 housing stock owned by nonprofits or the government, longtime residents have staying power.
Democracy
Why We Did an Issue on Debt
Good debts? We know it sounds crazy. But there鈥檚 a quiet revolution brewing in how we move money around, and we want our readers to know about it.
Video: 10 Years After Katrina, Has New Orleans Recovered?
This new documentary looks at gentrification in New Orleans and its effects on the city's low-income communities.
I Learned 无码视频 by Leading a Student-Debt Strike Than I Did at College
After graduating from Everest College with a bad education and no job prospects in sight, I refused to pay my student loans. Now I鈥檓 helping lead the first student-debt strike in America.
Pardon the Interruption, Bernie: Why Black Lives Matter Is in Politics to Stay
The criticism aimed at Marissa Johnson and Mara Willaford has ranged from the deeply piercing to the explicitly racist. But what they did was necessary, a welcome harbinger of more direct disruption.
After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I鈥檓 Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now
YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
Infographic: The Real Reason You Have So Much Debt (It鈥檚 Not Crazy Spending)
$11.85 trillion in household debt has more to do with stagnant wages (and predatory banks) than shopping sprees.
This New Rule Will Bring Secretive Corporate Tax Breaks to Light
Every year, governments spend tens of billions of dollars on tax breaks for private companies. Now, state and city governments will have to start reporting it as lost income.
Study Shows Mindful Meditation Helps Reduce Racial Bias
A new study shows that meditation can transform racial bias at any age.
What Native Hawaiian Culture Can Teach Us About Gender Identity
As the documentary Kumu Hina reveals, living between both genders is the more powerful 鈥渕ahu" way.
Debt Collective Marches on New Orleans for Free Higher Ed
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about freeloading. It鈥檚 about what we鈥檙e willing to extend to each other as a society.鈥�
Rev. Sekou on Today鈥檚 Civil Rights Leaders: 鈥淚 Take My Orders From 23-Year-Old Queer Women鈥�
A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of civil rights leadership in 21st century America.
All Sign Language, No Subtitles: Behind the Ukrainian Thriller That鈥檚 Changing How We Experience Cinema
"The Tribe" has no spoken dialogue at all鈥攙iewers must search for meaning through body language and emotion. This is why it works.
The Case for a 鈥淛azz Revolution鈥� Against Corporate Capitalism
Bottom up? Top down? Improvisation is the key to a middle way.
Obama鈥檚 Push for Corporate Rule: A Moment of Opportunity
Call it populism versus corporatism or democracy versus corporate rule. Either way, it is a far more meaningful political division than two political parties debating big government versus small.
How a White Supremacist Became a Civil Rights Activist
The story of a KKK leader鈥檚 transformation shows us that we need not live forever with the kind of violence we saw in Charleston last week.
Six Ways TPP Opponents Have Won鈥擡ven as Fast Track Advances
Critics of the TPP forged relationship with foreign allies, firmed up union positions, and forced some concessions on the secrecy of the text.
Watch Jon Stewart鈥檚 Moving Comments on Charleston Shooting and Racism in America鈥�
For once, Stewart had no jokes to offer.
Meet the Scientist Breeding 无码视频 Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)
With honeybee populations on the decline, scientists, lawyers, and even artists have set out to save humanity's most important pollinators.
Can Money Help Shrink Jail Populations? The MacArthur Foundation Is Betting $75M on It
The grants will help jail systems develop a plan for eliminating 鈥渢he overuse and misuse of jails.鈥� But prisoner advocate Dan Berger says this doesn鈥檛 address larger issues like police bias and racism.
150 Years Later, Two Universities Answer for Their Founder’s Role in the Sand Creek Massacre
Under pressure from students and community members, Northwestern University and University of Denver take the first steps towards righting historic wrongs.
Ursula K. Le Guin Calls on Fantasy and Sci Fi Writers to Envision Alternatives to Capitalism
This award-winning author explains how fantasy and science fiction writers can stand up to the corporate system.
Is Populism Making a Comeback? What You Need to Know About Its History鈥擜nd Its Future
The 19th century populists gave us co-ops and workers' rights. Here's how we can build on their work to solve 21st century problems.
This College Student Chained Herself to a Shell Oil Ship for Three Days. Here鈥檚 Why.
Will young activists do anything to stop oil drilling in the Arctic?
鈥淢ad Max: Fury Road鈥� Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
Who ruined Mad Max鈥檚 world? The new film isn't afraid to lay blame 鈥� and suggest a way forward.
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