I’ve been incarcerated for the majority of my life, spending more time in prison than in society. It’s where I grew up. I was arrested at the age of 23, and I’m now going on my 35th year of ...

On Sept. 17, 2024, hundreds of protesters swarmed the Sutter Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, calling for an end to police violence on public transit and demanding free fares. Some ...

On a Wednesday summer evening on the Rosebud Reservation, members of the Siċaŋġu Nation arrange 12 tables to form a U around the parking lot of a South Dakota Boys & Girls Club. The tables at the ...

Thousands of people are reeling from one of the deadliest wildfires in California history, including YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar, who is based in North Pasadena, close to where the Eaton fire ...

Participatory budgeting empowers communities to radically reimagine the world. Melina Abdullah, Ph.D., is a fixture among racial justice activists in Los Angeles, leading Black Lives Matter LA (BLMLA) ...

is a Nigerian-born, London-based writer and architect whose work centers on culturally diverse characters, particularly female protagonists standing strong in challenging conditions. Her novel, ...

covers farming and agricultural policy for Sentient. Her reporting has been published in Truthdig and the Good Men Project. Hussain holds her Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts ...

As a fossil fuels and climate reporter, most of my journalism focuses on the need to radically overhaul the energy system. But the food sector also needs a makeover, as it creates between a quarter ...

is a writer from Guadeloupe (a butterfly-shaped island in the Caribbean). She is a Black woman of trans experience, currently residing in Paris, at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities ...

In early 2020, a group of Saudi farmers led Vanessa Melino into the desert. Melino, a plant physiologist, was looking for hardy crops that could thrive in harsh, arid conditions. After driving for ...

On Dec. 5, 2023, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) released an official statement condemning what they called “atrocities committed by Hamas,” citing violations of bodily autonomy ...

On Jan. 7, 2025, YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar’s family evacuated North Pasadena, California, alongside thousands of other residents of both North Pasadena and Altadena as a wildfire raged, ...