Ten years ago this spring, an Indigenous-led movement against an oil pipeline transformed the consciousness of the country.

After nearly 30 years of publishing powerful stories that uplift voices too often ignored and spotlighting solutions too rarely seen, YES! Media is saying a tearful, but heartfelt goodbye. While this ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

Jose Martín Ovando suddenly halts in his tracks and crouches down along the steep forest path shrouded in mist, pulling out a magnifying glass from his small backpack to inspect a clump of deep green ...

Taliyah Murphy, a transgender woman living in Colorado Springs, studies accounting and finance. She co-owns two small businesses with her fiancé and eventually wants to start a financial education ...

It’s still dark when Claire Hernandez has her first meal of the day. In fact, the 3-year-old is often still sleeping. Her father, John Hernandez, tiptoes into her nursery and, gently, so as not to ...

White sands tower over the deep blue water of Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes, or Ininwewi-gichigami to the Anishinaabe people who have always called this place home. The Anishinaabe story of how ...

In 1902, British skater Madge Syers became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships. At the time, there were no rules against women entering. Syers came in second to ...

“Imagining the impossible is what people have been doing in the struggle for liberation,” says academic and activist Ruthie Wilson Gilmore in a conversation about her latest book. For more than 30 ...

Historically, Indigenous and Black folks have been turned against each other by colonizers and enslavers. Now, communities are learning from one another and finding solidarity in efforts to reclaim ...

Year after year, the same foldable table is propped up near the entrance of a high school gym. People with the same uniform but different faces, all eager to tell you about a new “opportunity,” will ...

A typical American life in 2022 might include spending 50 hours a week mostly alone in a cubicle, riddled with chronic stress but on track for a promotion. Evenings pass isolated in a tower, where a ...