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Ohio Derailment Sparks Renewed Calls to Nationalize Rail

For “Rising Up with Sonali,” YES! Racial Justice editor Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Carl Rosen, General President of United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, and Marilee Taylor, 34-year veteran retired locomotive engineer and member of Railroad Workers United.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Mar 1, 2023

How to Build an Antiracist Newsroom

The process of undoing white supremacy in newsrooms begins with developing a culture of antiracist care.

Collette Watson, Diamond Hardiman, Venneikia Williams | Feb 28, 2023

Photo of glass door for the "Hair Salon: Black Hair as Architecture" exhibit

How Black Hair Practices Can Inspire Architecture

An exhibit at the University of Houston explores how Black hair techniques can be translated into innovative building materials, designs, and methods.

Irene Vázquez | Feb 27, 2023

Gender justice | LGBTQ+

New State of the Game

When it comes to sports, going for gold should be genderless.

Frankie de la Cretaz | Feb 27, 2023

An illustration by Fran Murphy depicts a small child being led by the hand away from one adult and with another. In the background is an airplane, a crescent moon, tree branches, and a sign in Korean.

Where’s the Humanity in Intercountry Adoption?

An adult adoptee shines a light on the system of international adoption.

Alexis Freeman | Feb 27, 2023

A collage of archival photos that depict Black people in nature and society throughout the early 1900s.

Black History, Unearthed

”A Darker Wilderness“ explores the relationship of Black folks to nature and to the state.

Erin Sharkey | Feb 27, 2023

This Is What Black Resistance Looks Like

We asked three Black artists to create pieces inspired by this year’s national Black History Month theme: Black Resistance.

Michael Luong | Feb 23, 2023

Food, Love, and Revolution: Jen Angel’s Legacy

Bay area activist and baker Jen Angel was the victim of a robbery in February. She leaves behind a legacy of media justice activism and faith in the transformative power of community.

Carwil Bjork-James | Feb 23, 2023

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Call for Submissions: The “Thirst” Issue

Send us your leads and pitches by March 6.

YES! Editors | Feb 23, 2023

Why Harriet Tubman Belongs on the $20 Bill

In a new book detailing the context of race and democracy that frames the reasons why Harriet Tubman and not, say, Andrew Jackson, belongs on the bill, author Clarence Lusane takes us on a critically important historical tour.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 22, 2023

Criminal justice reform

Disrupting the Business of Bail

The Minnesota Freedom Fund offers resources to low-income people of color who are jailed—and so much more.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 22, 2023

Native rights | Sustainable food and farming | Indigenous lands

Restoring First Foods by Removing Dams

Tribes are using grassroots actions and intense lobbying to restore their river and their culture.

Heather Wiedenhoft | Feb 17, 2023

Why Reparations Isn’t Just About Money

A new report, A Dream in Our Name, by Liberation Ventures examines how changing anti-Black narratives and reducing the racial wealth gap are central to the project of reparations.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 16, 2023

A Historic Ordinance Could Ban Caste Discrimination

In Seattle, South Asian activists and lawmakers have spent years laying the ground work for the nation’s first caste-based discrimination ban.

Thenmozhi Soundararajan | Feb 16, 2023

Teachers and Students Respond to Black History Bans

“The revolution is in the classroom.”

Aina Marzia | Feb 15, 2023

June Jordan’s Legacy of Solidarity and Love Remains Relevant

The late poet and activist’s legacy lives on decades after her untimely death—in the purposeful lives of her former students.

Sriram Shamasunder | Feb 13, 2023

Local power | Local economies

Can Tearing Down Freeways Bring New Life to Cities?

Before the freeways came in, Bronzeville, on Milwaukee’s North Side, was a vibrant neighborhood known for its restaurants, bars, and jazz scene. The area had been home to successive waves

Edgar Mendez | Feb 10, 2023

Native rights | Sustainable food and farming | Indigenous lands

The Indigenous Winter Pantry: Recipes for Today’s Kitchen

After the disruption of colonization, numerous tribal efforts aim to reinvigorate traditional foods and the health benefits they provide.

Stephanie Woodard | Feb 8, 2023

Envisioning a New World Through Abolition Geography

“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.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 7, 2023

Alicia Garza speaking into a mic at the Women Of Color Leadership Dinner

How Black History Paves the Way for a Just Black Future

Alicia Garza is searching for Black-led solutions to some of the biggest problems of our democracy—solutions that go far beyond a hashtag.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 1, 2023

The Anti-Blackness at the Root of Police Violence

Scholar Rashad Shabazz explains how anti-Black bias is so central to American policing that even Black officers are influenced by it.

Rashad Shabazz | Jan 31, 2023

Social Movements and NGOs: Can They Get Along?

NGOs seeking to support frontline movements often stumble. The activist network Beautiful Trouble conducted a detailed study and offer a path forward.

Beautiful Trouble | Jan 31, 2023

Illustration of agriculture and domestic worker.

Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking

Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jan 30, 2023

Florida’s Anti-Woke Laws Deny Existence of Systemic Racism

Past generations harnessed state power to penalize educators who dared to teach about injustice. Many of today’s anti-anti-racists rehearse the same old rhetoric for similar ends.

Jonathan Feingold | Jan 23, 2023

Voter suppression

How Republicans Whitewash MLK

The GOP has a history of taking Martin Luther King Jr.’s words out of context to justify their own racist policies.

Hajar Yazdiha | Jan 20, 2023

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