鈥淵ou Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life鈥�: A Montana Professor on the Issue of Our Time
University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he鈥檚 standing up to tar sands extraction.
Social Justice
Sci-Fi Fandom Declares Victory After Reactionary Nominees Lose Big at the Hugos
Despite a deck stacked against women and people of color, the voters rewarded both.
This Artist Collects Your Worst Fears and Turns Them Into Something Great
The Fear Project uses art to visually interpret the parts of life that scare us the most, normalizing fear as a part of ourselves.
The Crunch: The Hackers Behind DIY Gynecology (And Other News to Chew On)
A Mexican artist turns guns into a force for good, Banksy turns Disneyland into something dismal, and GynePunks bring open-source gynecology to the masses.
6 Strategies to Make Powerful Social Change鈥擲tarting With 鈥淪tay Woke鈥�
Bree Newsome鈥檚 removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse reminds us that real change comes from people power.
Sad Puppies, Rabid Chauvinists: Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi鈥檚 Biggest Awards?
麻豆社事件 and more women have been nominated for Hugo Awards in recent years鈥攗ntil this year. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 at stake.
After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I鈥檓 Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now
YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.
School Behind Bars: How College Kids and Incarcerated Youth Benefit From Learning Together
Graduates of an 鈥淚nside-Out鈥� program in Oregon say that the experience transformed the way they see the prison system鈥攁nd themselves.
The Rad History Book Every Girl (and Boy) Should Have on Their Bookshelf
A new feminist children's book honors 26 awesome women who changed the world.
Study Shows Mindful Meditation Helps Reduce Racial Bias
A new study shows that meditation can transform racial bias at any age.
The Indigenous Rituals That Heal Us
How the Medicine Wheel can guide us to transform communities that have suffered from racial injustice
Seattle Led the Country鈥檚 Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same With Rent Control?
New York and San Francisco both suffer from soaring rents and gentrification, despite decades of regulation. How Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant plans to do affordable housing right.
What Native Hawaiian Culture Can Teach Us About Gender Identity
As the documentary Kumu Hina reveals, living between both genders is the more powerful 鈥渕ahu" way.
Rev. Sekou on Today鈥檚 Civil Rights Leaders: 鈥淚 Take My Orders From 23-Year-Old Queer Women鈥�
A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of civil rights leadership in 21st century America.
One Poem That Saved a Forest
How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.
Truth and Reconciliation at Work: How These Commissions Help Heal Wounds From Racial Injustice
Fania Davis explains how Truth and Reconciliation Commissions can help communities heal from a history of racial violence and oppression.
Watch These 12-Year-Olds Talk About Race 麻豆社事件 Candidly Than Most Adults Do
These New York City middle-schoolers opened up about their experiences with race and racism in WNYC's "Being 12" series.
17 Ways You Can Work For Social Justice
Be present, question assumptions, and be loud! Social transformation starts with everyday people working for change.
Why Bree Newsome鈥檚 Action Was the 鈥淎mazing Grace鈥� I Needed
She showed us that we liberate ourselves through our actions. She reminded us, in the midst of deep sorrow, that we, who want to see a better America, must keep living, fighting, breathing, doing.
A Rabbi’s Plea: We Need Slavery Reparations In Order to Move Forward
It鈥檚 clear that the trauma of slavery continues to impact the contemporary American psyche.
How a White Supremacist Became a Civil Rights Activist
The story of a KKK leader鈥檚 transformation shows us that we need not live forever with the kind of violence we saw in Charleston last week.
Watch Jon Stewart鈥檚 Moving Comments on Charleston Shooting and Racism in America鈥�
For once, Stewart had no jokes to offer.
The US Has Spent $14B on Community Policing鈥擶hat Have We Learned So Far?
Gauging whether a community policing program has been successful ultimately depends on how you define success.
What I Learned From My Weeklong Obsession with Rachel Dolezal
Is Rachel Dolezal blacker than I am, or a misguided white woman in need of a reality check? I asked two black women鈥攐ne who worked with Dolezal and another who is a leader in the #BlackLivesMatter movement鈥攖o weigh in.
Solar Panels Are Part of the Pope鈥檚 Revolution鈥擝ut So Is Dismantling Structural Racism
The Pope is talking about a revolution that goes way beyond simply adding renewable energy to our current extractive economy.
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.