After Trump鈥檚 victory over Clinton, women realized how much the country needs them in politics.
A unique initiative in Oregon helps incarcerated mothers stay connected with their children through special visitations and virtual parent-teacher conferences.
As rents rise and independent businesses in Minneapolis lose their leases to large national chains, a first-of-its-kind co-op found a solution.
In Oregon, incarcerated women stay connected with their children through special visitations and virtual parent-teacher conferences.
And five other creative ways Americans are stepping up to build strong local economies.
Florida鈥檚 Miccosukee is the first tribe allowed to run its own school, where students fully participate in family and cultural activities.
We鈥檝e learned a lot in 20 years of solutions journalism. We know that we can fix what鈥檚 broken in our communities, regardless of who inhabits the White House.
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
A self-defense model focused on rediscovering strength rather than putting up your guard helps Native American women heal from sexual assault.
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.
Across the country, readers鈥攊ncluding those on death row鈥攇ather to share the Davis family's story and the hope of putting an end to the killing.
First, they started buying up鈥攁nd canceling鈥攊ndividuals鈥� medical debt. Now the people behind Rolling Jubilee are taking on student loans from a for-profit university that exploits the poor鈥攁nd the whole debt system could be next.
From Janay Palmer Rice to Jennifer Lawrence, we blame women for the bad things that happen to them. But last week鈥攐n the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act鈥攚omen took the conversation back.
Ashamed of the public rejection of children seeking refuge in the United States? Here鈥檚 what you can do about it.
When people tell their own stories, history is written from the bottom up.
As India honors the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape that rocked the nation, YES! talks with Sister Lucy Kurien鈥攚hose life was changed forever when she saw a young woman set on fire.
The Obama administration makes good on its promise to give direct care workers the same rights as nearly everyone else鈥攁nd to top it all off, California follows suit.
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molina鈥檚 human trafficking story was typical. What鈥檚 remarkable is what she did next.
We all know our stuff doesn't grow on store shelves. Here's how we can rehumanize our relationship with our things鈥攁nd the people who make them.
It took just 20 years to end the British slave trade. What history teaches us about ending exploitation today.
What we still have to learn from the world鈥檚 favorite riot grrrls.
Rise, strike, dance: The worldwide walkout for the end of violence against women and girls.