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Scholars offer five takeaways to begin understanding the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision revoking the constitutional right to safe, legal abortion in the U.S.
Let us know what brings you pleasure—outside the bounds of consumerism.
The pursuit of pleasure in our modern capitalist society is inextricably linked to money.
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Tell us about your individual actions, the community organizing you’re doing, or the campaigns you’re a part of that are making progress and tackling the plastic problem.
In this issue we explore the history of plastic, its global impacts, and some of the most inspiring solutions we’ve come across.
A society based on natural ecology might seem like a far-off utopia—yet communities everywhere are already creating it. Tell us where you're seeing it take hold.
The author and activist talks to YES! about how to take care of ourselves and our communities, and what that means for movement sustainability.
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Join YES! staff and readers Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET for a live community chat during the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
How would you describe 2020? Alarming, chaotic, enraging, or all of the above? Here are some brilliant books to help you make sense of it all and get ready for a new year.
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A live virtual event on the current uprising with The Root's Michael Harriot, historian Jamon Jordan, and the editors of YES! and Colorlines.
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Like many of you, I've experienced grief—deep personal grief, shared familial grief, collective community grief. But until the COVID-19 pandemic, I had not felt a part of an immense and widespread global grief. So often we in the United States watch from a distance as epidemics, famines, and wars plague other parts of the world. But now we’re in it too—sheltering in place, social distancing, wearing masks and gloves in public—and dying—right alongside people in Italy, Japan, South Africa, and most other countries.
YES! Editors share the parameters they use for deciding where to donate their personal time and money when confronted by such overwhelming need.
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Singer-songwriters Brett Dennen and Milow make a strong case for the lasting beauty of "Annie's Song" by John Denver.