Banks Agree to Talk With Tribe (While Handing over Millions for Dakota Access)
Seven banks鈥攊ncluding Wells Fargo, TD Bank, and Citibank鈥攚ill meet with Standing Rock Sioux leaders after months of intense defund-DAPL pressure.
Social Justice
Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins
Never has a modern president so flagrantly violated the Constitution. A constitutional law attorney explains this unprecedented situation in American history鈥攁nd what we can do about it.
Standing Rock Chairman Demands 鈥淟eader to Leader鈥� Meeting With Trump
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly has been directed to issue the Dakota Access pipeline easement, even though the environmental review is in the middle of a public comment period.
Surviving at Standing Rock After Trump鈥檚 DAPL Order
Original water protector camp resolves to stay鈥攅ven as Sioux tribe says no and Trump orders pipeline construction.
Don鈥檛 Let Trump Distract You: Public Comment on DAPL Is Now Open
Now until Feb. 20 is the public鈥檚 chance to push for a full review of the pipeline鈥檚 climate impacts. Here鈥檚 what to do.
The Spirit of Standing Rock on the Move
People from more than 300 tribes traveled to the North Dakota plains to pray and march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Back home, each tribe faces its own version of the 鈥渂lack snake鈥� and a centuries-old struggle to survive.
The Never-Ending Indian Wars: Spotlight Returns to Standing Rock
The drama and injustice on display at Standing Rock have taught a new generation of observers what Native Americans already know: Even today, theirs is a brutal fight to survive.
How Somali Muslims Are Raising a 10,000-Person Anti-Hate Army
The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But they鈥檝e got a plan.
To Women Marchers: Just Because You Don鈥檛 Feel Welcome Doesn鈥檛 Mean You Don鈥檛 Belong
Issues that impact the womanhood of any one of us鈥攄irectly or indirectly鈥攊mpact all of us.
Big Protests Are Fine, But Here鈥檚 a To-Do List for Lasting Change
After the inauguration and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, what comes next? To make real change, we鈥檒l need to build power where we live.
If We鈥檙e Honest, We All Know Trump鈥檚 America
Trump articulates ideas that are closer to what is considered 鈥渘ormal鈥� in the United States than many of us are willing to acknowledge.
What It Looks Like When Communities Make Racial Justice a Priority
From conversations that heal to land trusts that fight gentrification.
Has History 鈥淪anitized鈥� King鈥檚 Words? Inside the Push to #ReclaimMLK Day
Organizers hope to connect today鈥檚 civil rights movements to those of the past with a week of demonstrations across the country leading up to Inauguration Day.
Nader Calls for a Different 1 Percent
Author and activist Ralph Nader wants to create a new 1 percent鈥攐ne that will expose 鈥渃onditions of deprivation and abuse鈥� and champion 鈥渂asic fair play.鈥�
What It Takes to Get Women Out of Prison鈥攁nd Stay Out
The rate of women in U.S. prisons is growing faster than men. But in New Orleans, one group is successfully tackling sentencing for drug use and sex work.
3 Ways Progressives Can Reconnect With Rural America
First, understand the environment is not only about climate change鈥攊t鈥檚 about livelihood for miners, drillers, loggers, and farmers like me.
Something Better to Offer Trump Voters Tired of Waiting for Their Turn
A world free of extremes of wealth and poverty in which no one needs to stand in line for a chance at a secure and fulfilling life.
The Trump Era Will Test Us. What Are You Willing to Risk?
Many of us have never had our courage or convictions challenged in frightening ways. That may change.
What鈥檚 Up, Pussy Hat? Knitting Activists Cause Shortages of Pink Yarn
In the weeks leading up to Inauguration Day and the Women鈥檚 March on Washington, a furious knitting revolution is sweeping craft baskets across the country.
Standing Rock and the Return of the Nonviolent Campaign
There鈥檚 something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.
The Cherokee Nation Is Entitled to a Delegate in Congress. But Will They Finally Send One?
To deal with a Trump administration, the tribal nation might now want to use that 200-year-old treaty right.
10 Indigenous and Environmental Struggles鈥擜nd How You Can Help in 2017
Whom to call, what to donate, and where to show up.
Call for Submissions: 鈥淪anctuary Communities鈥�
Send us your ideas by Jan. 25.
As a Trump Administration Fast Approaches, Cities and Towns Gear Up for Political Resistance
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
Inspiration in Your Inbox
Sign up to receive email updates from YES!
Our Vision to Create the Best Stories Imaginable
In 2025, we will temporarily pause the printing of聽YES! Magazine.
LEARN MOREHelp Fund Powerful Stories to Light the Way Forward
Donate to YES! today.