Health & Happiness
There鈥檚 No Justification for Destroying Gaza鈥檚 Health Infrastructure
In this op-ed鈥攚hich the Journal of the American Medical Association rejected鈥攖hree doctors say the medical establishment should be morally unambiguous on bombing hospitals.
Elders Take Center Stage in Latest Issue of YES!
YES! 麻豆社事件鈥檚 executive editor Evette Dionne delves deep into the Winter 2024 issue of YES! Magazine, centered on elders.
Murmurations: Moving from Punishment to Accountability
How can we hold accountable systems that are designed only to understand punishment?
California Shouldn鈥檛 Ration Care for Disabled Kids
What good is a waiver program intended to help families access in-home care for medically fragile children if the program is full?
The Vision of a Renewable Rikers Island in NYC
This community-developed plan could serve as a model for how to simultaneously decarcerate and decarbonize.
鈥楰illers of the Flower Moon鈥� Sidesteps the Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Despite its flaws, advocates hope the film will promote awareness and understanding of the complex MMIW issue
Divorcing Love and Marriage from Organized Religion
Religious ideals such as "'Til Death Do Us Part" are hindering intimate relationships from flourishing. Here's one clinical psychologist's secular guide to long-term love.
The Power of Parents Supporting Parents
Parents of disabled children are increasingly connecting with each other to help navigate the complex medical, social, and support systems they must access to care for their kids.
Murmurations: Growing Through Grief
Grief not only reminds us that we have loved, it serves as an acknowledgement of our divine humanity.
Healing From Purity Culture
How can we transform our relationship with pleasure after religious trauma?
How American Institutions Are Failing Teenage Girls
And in spite of that, girls are increasingly outcompeting boys and turning into future leaders.
Not What They Expected: Grandparents As Day Care
Expanded federal funding for child care ended Oct. 1, and in many cases, extended families, including grandparents, will shoulder the burden.
Inside the Underground Abortion Pill Network
An intrepid group of women skirt anti-abortion laws via mail-order abortion pills. A new documentary called 鈥淧lan C鈥� tells their story.
Murmurations: Loneliness As Fermentation
Solitude can create something new out of the process of decay.
Eros and the Revolution: Why Activism Needs Pleasure
Punishing ourselves through the deprivation of rest and pleasure won鈥檛 get us free.
Murmurations: at the equinox
Poet Alta Starr invites us to embrace the stillness of the quiet, fleeting moment between seasons as we approach the equinox.
California Offers a Lifeline for Children With Long-Term Health Conditions
California鈥檚 Enhanced Care Management program, offered through Medi-Cal, could help parents who are caring for children with complex physical, behavioral, and social needs.
Men Are in a Loneliness Epidemic. Should Women Care?
Caring is a tricky word for many women, as it brims with gendered expectations of labor, open availability, and mental load.
Are Swimmable Cities a Climate Solution?
Urban waterways have many benefits鈥攂ut they鈥檙e not accessible to all communities.
Making Medicare Drugs Affordable
Medicare can finally use its purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices鈥攂ut Big Pharma is pushing back.
Surviving Birth
Birth workers are helping Black parents navigate overlapping crises.
The Heavy Weight of Body Image
From a young age, boys are expected to bulk up at the expense of their emotional and mental health.
Murmurations: Black Imagination Can Build a Better World
Black Imagination is an abolitionist tradition that offers us an invitation to act with hope amid times of great transition.
Making Legal Abortion Accessible in India
Rural healthcare workers in India are fighting to overcome stigma and systemic shortcomings to help patients.
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