Life in the World鈥檚 Largest Refugee Camp
Along the Kenya-Somalia border, people have been displaced for decades. A new book profiles nine Somali refugees to explain the political forces that keep them鈥攁nd hundreds of thousands more鈥攆rom getting out.
Social Justice
When You Can鈥檛 Afford the Cost of Clearing Your Record
People who鈥檝e done their time and paid their fines still face barriers to employment. Memphis-based Just City helps them start fresh.
Flint Whistleblowers Who Exposed Their Poisoned Water: We鈥檙e Just Getting Started
Long before the state declared an emergency in Flint, Michigan, a pastor, a mother, and an attorney teamed up to reveal the state鈥檚 lies about their drinking water.
The Oil Industry Won in Alberta. Now First Nations Look to Heal Their Land
The Alberta tar sands are home to the third-largest proven reserves of crude oil in the world. Here, First Nations engage in a complex dance of resistance to and cooperation with industry in order to survive.
White Privilege II Showed Me What an Unruly Mess We鈥檙e In
A Seattle music writer quoted in Macklemore鈥檚 controversial new song appreciates how it speaks to young white people鈥攂ut wishes it had gone further.
As Rising Seas Force Exile, Islanders Hold Fast to What Matters Most
Pacific Islanders are among the first victims of climate change-induced sea level rise. As natives quickly run out of land and struggle to maintain crops, leaders are searching for ways to protect their people and thousands of years of cultural heritage.
One Clan鈥檚 Unique Weapon Against Big Oil
Because the Unist鈥檕t鈥檈n clan has given up no land rights after decades of courtroom battles, they maintain a strong foothold on land crucial to future oil expansion plans.
In North Dakota鈥檚 Booming Oil Patch, One Tribe Beat Back Fracking
The Turtle Mountain Band was among the first tribes to ban the drilling process. Here鈥檚 the difference it made.
New York鈥檚 鈥淐arwasheros鈥� Push for Safer, Fairer Workplaces
Car washes are the 鈥渨ild, wild West鈥� of workplace regulation. The Car Wash Accountability Act will improve that鈥攊f it is ever implemented.
Big Oil and Gas Want Them Out, But One Small Clan Is Standing Up to Pipeline Expansion
A First Nations clan is bringing pipeline projects to a grinding halt鈥攕imply by occupying their traditional lands.
The New Face of Hunger: How Statistics Underestimate the Food Problem
Today, 800 million of us are considered 鈥渉ungry,鈥� but we produce enough calories to feed us all. Rather than a lack of food, we鈥檙e dealing with a lack of democracy.
Our Continued March to the Mountaintop
In his speech delivered in Seattle, YES! reporter Marcus Harrison Green acknowledges that realizing King鈥檚 dream will require more than kind words and promises.
The Brilliance of Using Pillowcases to #GiveRefugeesRest
A human rights campaign to protest Islamophobic rhetoric sent message-scrawled pillowcases to 31 governors who expressed support for refugee bans. And more are on the way.
How This Black Student Used Documents and DNA to Find Her Slave Ancestors
Like many African Americans, Lakisha David wanted to trace the roots of her family, who for years were documented only as property. Here鈥檚 how she did it.
Waging Life in a War Zone
From Gaza鈥檚 colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art.
In Photos: The Seed-Saving Farmers Who Pass Down Land to Their Daughters
In northeastern India鈥檚 mountainous state of Meghalaya, youngest daughters inherit the land鈥攁nd the ancient food heritage of their mothers.
What鈥檚 the New Economy Look Like? Here鈥檚 What Our Artists Did With Your Ideas
Pictures of windmills and farmers markets are great, but they don鈥檛 capture the diversity and radicalism of the movement. So we asked readers like you for poster ideas and handed them over to two of our favorite artists.
Will the TPP Set Back This Campaign to Stop a Proposed Coal Mine Near Montana Tribal Land?
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?
Project Fatherhood: Uniting the Men of LA鈥檚 Toughest Communities
In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Project Fatherhood helps end the cycle of absent fathers and gives men a place to discuss what it means to be dads, partners, and sons in one of the city's roughest areas.
Six Hopeful Breakthroughs from 2015
Despite conflicts and crises at home and abroad, 2015 offered glimpses of the road to a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.
After Trauma: A Graphic Journey Through Wild Healing
In this collection of watercolor illustrations, a comics artist illustrates her journey through grief after the sudden death of her first child.
Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and Kept Going to School
In the Taliban assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, Shazia Ramzan, and Kainat Riaz were also shot鈥攆or no more than daring to go to school. Three years later, they鈥檙e more committed to education than ever.
8 Amazing Muslim Women Who Would Be Banned From Trump鈥檚 America (and Other News to Chew On)
The inner lives of drone operators, refugee camps through the eyes of children, and women who would be denied entry to the United States under Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥渢otal shutdown.鈥�
Love in the Time of Mania: Six Ways Americans Are Defying Islamophobia
If you watch the news, you'd think anti-Muslim hysteria is everywhere. Thankfully, that's not true.
Drug Use Down, Hope Up: A Canoe Journey Inspires Native Youth
Reversing the trauma of assimilation isn鈥檛 easy, but tribes believe that bringing ancestral values directly to the youth is the answer.
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