Around the U.S., progressive candidates are preparing to run for office and push for a liberal opposition that lives up to its ideals.

For decades, Colombia, the world’s largest producer of cocaine, has persecuted drug traffickers and targeted the farming of coca plants, the natural ingredient used in cocaine. Colombia has also used ...

When we interrogate the symbolism of the LGBTQ flag, we can disrupt the myth that queer communities have always been harmonious.

A preview of the Spring 2019 issue of YES! Magazine. Somewhere in time, humans’ natural relationship to soil became broken. This issue explores how communities are reconnecting to the earth and fixing ...

Our tribal sovereignty is defined by a nation-to-nation relationship with the federal government and international standards. There are cascading effects on Indigenous People in education, advocacy, ...

There is a popular saying among organizers across movements: “They wanted to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” From the seed, I arrive at the mangrove. According to the Science Museum of ...

After nearly 30 years of publishing independent, justice-centered journalism, YES! Media will sunset operations at the end of June 2025. This was not the outcome we hoped for—but it follows years of ...

Half of the world’s mangroves are in danger of disappearing. Ensuring their survival is essential to Caribbean resistance movements.

Trump’s funding cuts are stalling efforts to heal the wounds of this country’s tragic experiment in forced assimilation.

Street food goes as far back as ancient Mesopotamia. Four thousand years ago, city dwellers short on time, money, or cooking facilities patronized street food vendors offering quick, cheap, and tasty ...

To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula.