No Kendrick Lamar, the Revolution Will Not Be Commercialized
Target’s DEI rollback and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance make clear that Black capitalism will not save us.| YES! Magazine
A Final Word from YES! Founding Editor on What We Hoped for and What Comes Next| YES! Magazine
There is little recourse when a visa application is denied because of a criminal background. In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.| YES! Magazine
Abortion in a world where reproductive justice is realized means allowing each person full autonomy over their pregnancy decision.| YES! Magazine
An offering of inspiration from activists in the Global South, including Mexico, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand to help people in the U.S. navigate these difficult times.| YES! Magazine
For decades, queer communities have used boycotts to combat erasure and demand liberation.| YES! Magazine
For many migrant families, shelters near the U.S.–Mexico border are becoming more critical as immigration becomes more fraught.| YES! Magazine
Forgotten or destroyed trans narratives can still foster change for future trans generations.| YES! Magazine
This form of care can be hard to access for those who have a uterus in a medical system built for cis women having babies.| YES! Magazine
A new grassroots effort is challenging the city to strip companies such as Boeing and ICL of tax exemptions.| YES! Magazine
Around the U.S., progressive candidates are preparing to run for office and push for a liberal opposition that lives up to its ideals.| YES! Magazine
To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula.| YES! Magazine
When we interrogate the symbolism of the LGBTQ flag, we can disrupt the myth that queer communities have always been harmonious.| YES! Magazine
After a failed War on Drugs, Échele Cabeza is working to protect drug consumers rather than penalize them.| YES! Magazine
Less than four months into the second Trump presidency, we’ve witnessed a barrage of destructive policies, aggressive actions, and increasingly alarming rhetoric driven by greed and authoritarian ambition. While I| YES! Magazine
The Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky that was designated for a federal prison.| YES! Magazine
Half of the world’s mangroves are in danger of disappearing. Ensuring their survival is essential to Caribbean resistance movements.| YES! Magazine
On March 31, the Department of Government Efficiency announced cuts of $1.6 million to projects designed to preserve the stories of federal Indian boarding school victims and provide healing to| YES! Magazine
Tenant unions can help the growing push for true “pet-inclusive” housing that eliminates breed restrictions and pet deposits.| YES! Magazine
New York City’s Street Vendor Project is advocating for more official support and an end to harsh penalties.| YES! Magazine
Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.| YES! Magazine
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.| YES! Magazine
Artists contribute to the well-being of our communities. It’s time to give them a basic income.| YES! Magazine
The Bad River Tribe has taken on a billion-dollar Canadian oil pipeline company to defend manoomin and the fresh waters that sustain it—and us all.| YES! Magazine
A simple, low-cost method is helping impoverished women identify abnormal cervical cells and prevent premature cancer deaths.| YES! Magazine
Through block-by-block organizing, we can transform our material conditions—from isolation and fear to care and cooperation.| YES! Magazine
Trump’s attacks on public education are prompting people from all walks of life to fight back.| YES! Magazine
“The Stonewall Rebellion is not over. We are at war, and we are still fighting back.”| YES! Magazine
The Academy Award-winning film spotlights the ongoing effort in Brazil to ensure the atrocities committed during the country’s dictatorship period are remembered.| YES! Magazine
Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.| YES! Magazine
For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance.| YES! Magazine
Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone.| YES! Magazine
Not all bedrock is stone.| YES! Magazine
The presence of employees with disabilities can make companies and organizations more collaborative, inclusive, and attractive to job seekers.| YES! Magazine
In today’s hostile political climate, philanthropy must move beyond performative gestures and into authentic partnership.| YES! Magazine
India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.| YES! Magazine
Video games will not fix a broken world, but queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.| YES! Magazine
Bernie Sanders is attracting crowds of tens of thousands across the U.S. as he rallies against the growing influence of billionaires within the federal government.| YES! Magazine
A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal. Families and advocates want to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.| YES! Magazine
Disabled couples risk losing their benefits when they marry. A new documentary spotlights the fight to change that.| YES! Magazine
Facing suspensions and threats from the Trump administration, students are evolving their organizing defenses.| YES! Magazine
When people's needs are met, there is less violence—and less need for policing and prisons.| YES! Magazine
If activists want to oppose Trump in his second term, then they must study the successful progressive movements of his first one.| YES! Magazine
Safe housing eludes many trans people in the U.S. Trans-led organizations are meeting the need.| YES! Magazine
A new documentary follows Mahmoud Khalil and other student activists as they fight for divestment and Palestinian liberation.| YES! Magazine
Celebrating the Tribe’s victory in their decades-long struggle to legally resume hunting gray whales.| YES! Magazine
“Playing nice ain’t going to cut it with people who want to kill you and your community,” writes Arun Gupta. “We need principles that build power now and for the long term.”| YES! Magazine
The action is modeled on the successful global campaign against Shell in the 1980s for its role in apartheid South Africa.| YES! Magazine
Conservatives want to control and own our bodies. We can’t let them.| YES! Magazine
Heirloom seeds can bolster the resilience of rural farming communities.| YES! Magazine
Target’s DEI rollback and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance make clear that Black capitalism will not save us.| YES! Magazine
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