Sage Regenerative Kitchen’s executive chef explains why she added meat to the menu—and why she believes so deeply in regenerative farming.

Facing the ongoing impacts of pollution and derailments, activists in East Palestine, Ohio, and Baltimore are teaming up to pursue justice for their communities.

Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics—from production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it’s too late.

Journalist Peter Yeung explains how Los Cedros has remained protected for years thanks to Ecuador’s constitution extending rights to nature.

As Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastate the Southeastern U.S., Antonia Juhasz articulates a just vision for how to fix our climate.

The RNC’s idea of “Making America Safe Again” is centered on policing and harsh anti-immigrant detention, not on gun violence.

Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.

High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized.

Community organizers with the Sunrise Movement explain why they protested outside the GOP Vice Presidential hopeful’s office.

Violence against communities of color has always been political, but American elites have avoided that framing, says NDN Collective’s Janene Yazzie.

The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel’s military has only increased since Israeli forces

Instead of Project 2025's white supremacist vision for voting rights, Progress 2025 envisions universal early voting, a national federal holiday and more.

An extremely tight race for the presidency is sparking a last-minute, Black-led GOTV effort aimed at Black voters in swing states.

Only a few localities nationwide allow voters to elect judges. What impact would democratizing judge selection have on the judiciary?

A coalition of progressive groups, including labor organizers, are connecting the dots on climate and the economy in North Carolina GOTV efforts.

A Bangladesh-born labor explores the South Asian nation’s prospects to transition to a stable democracy now that the dust has settled from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.

On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother’s house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a

Incarcerated Americans aren’t allowed to vote. Those with felonies also face barriers. Here’s what that means for democracy.

YES! Executive Editor Evette Dionne previews the latest issue of YES! Magazine, themed around "truth."

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has promised a dystopian vision for LGBTQ rights. Its ideas are consistent with authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives. It aims to criminalize the existence

Instead of Project 2025’s harsh anti-immigrant policies, here’s what a progressive, human-centered vision for immigrant rights looks like.

Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, takes a colonialist position on U.S. influence at home and abroad. Its authors argue that too much public land is not

In the face of Project 2025’s dystopian vision for education, Ibram X Kendi lays out a progressive alternative for public education in the U.S.

In the wake of AIPAC’s ouster of two pro-Palestine congressional Democrats, a Jewish American digs into the reality of Zionist influence in American politics.

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the violence of the white “savior.”

The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.

Votes are power, and many protestors are declaring that without an arms embargo on Israel, no candidate will get their vote.

Right-wing forces are recruiting Asian Americans. Here’s how community members are countering this growing extremism.

Gen Z voters are cautiously optimistic about the vice president. But they want her to end the Gaza genocide.

The Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on Alicia Keys’ childhood, falls into the same trap much theatre does, failing to depict the nuances of Black trauma.

“We need more white relatives to face their own truth, though doing so may bring immense discomfort,” says Edgar Villanueva.

A new statewide proposal is the latest development in a years-long saga over the voting rights of felons in the Sunshine State.

From vote-by-mail to making Election Day a national holiday, voting rights advocates are engaged in myriad efforts to increase voting access.

When hurricanes Helene and Milton decimated multiple states, incarcerated people were left to fend for themselves. That can’t happen again.

According to the actor and activist: “The choice is very clear: Do we vote for the future, or do we vote for burning up the planet?”

New citizens—whose votes may prove pivotal in swing states—are considering myriad issues as they cast their first ballots in a presidential election.

A growing number of U.S. municipalities are making it possible for minors to vote.

Some localities are granting limited voting rights to noncitizens, especially on issues directly affecting them.

Appalachian Jews make the connection between climate disaster in Asheville, North Carolina, and U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.

When Hurricane Ian hit Florida in late September 2022, it took more than 100 lives, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the United States since Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Ian

Black students are disproportionately impacted by student loans, but this debtors' union is taking steps to repair that disparity.

As baby boomer business owners retire, their employees are taking ownership of their own futures.

A criminal record keeps many qualified candidates out of work; these coffee companies are helping clear the first hurdle.

Why can’t Americans buy Chinese electric vehicles that could help the Biden administration meet its climate goals?

The United Auto Workers’ union victory in Tennessee was the result of strategic decisions, and could herald a bright future for organized labor in the South.

Regional waste-reduction programs hold lessons for communities across the globe.

To highlight the unsustainable costs of child care for parents and providers, Community Change Action marked "Day Without Child Care" for the third year in a row.

A new DOJ lawsuit is challenging Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s monopoly power over artist performances, venues, and concert-goers.

In the face of catastrophic climate change and the genocide in Gaza, can the world afford to hold a spectacle such as the Olympics?

Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures.