Yes! Magazine

Yes! Magazine is a nonprofit, independent publication focused on solutions journalism, highlighting stories that promote social justice, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. Founded in 1996, the magazine covers a wide range of topics, including climate change, economic inequality, racial justice, and grassroots activism. Yes! Magazine emphasizes actionable solutions and positive change, offering in-depth articles, essays, and interviews that inspire readers to engage with and support transformative initiatives. The platform aims to provide a counter-narrative to mainstream media by focusing on hope, empowerment, and the potential for collective action to create a more just and sustainable world. It also offers educational resources and a newsletter to keep readers informed and motivated.

1. Self-Determined: Climate Resilience Is Sacred

   Real sustainability prioritizes sovereignty, community resilience, and protection from authoritarianism.

2. Apocalypse Chow: Don’t Let Corporations Define Vegetables

   Because corporations hold sway over our food system and our lives, they make it harder to access healthy vegetables.

3. The World We Owe Gaza

   Trump’s aggressive attack on free speech could devastate the movement for Palestine. What’s next for activists?

4. A Prison-Based Program Interrupts the Cycle of Violence

   The California Institution for Men connects survivors with those who have caused harm.

5. Above and Beyond Restoring Roe

   Abortion rights aren’t enough. The best reproductive care outcomes result from meeting basic needs.

6. What Frogs Teach Us About Queerphobia in Science

   Critical Toxicity Studies calls for the scientifically rigorous study of toxicants that handles all bodies and identities with care.

7. Why Is It So Hard to Watch This Oscar-Winning Documentary?

   “No Other Land” is running into the same barriers other Palestinian films have.

8. Safe Havens for Trans Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border

   As asylum options dwindle in the U.S., Mexico is strengthening paths to citizenship for trans migrants.

9. A Beautifully “Wicked” Approach to Disability

   Despite being pitied for the color of their skin or wheelchair use, the film’s characters don’t let society define them—or their power.

10. Immigrant Farmworkers Keep Each Other Safe from the Avian Flu

    Every month, around 50 dairy farmworkers filter into a church basement in western New York after a grueling day of work. They order dinner from a local Mexican or Puerto

11. Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology

    Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction. Black liberation will fuel regeneration.

12. The Queer Organizations Protecting and Supporting Trans People

    As more than 500 anti-trans bills circulate in the U.S., grassroots orgs are helping weather the storm and curb the harm.

13. A Violence-Prevention Helpline for Those Who Want to Change

    A Call for Change helps domestic violence perpetrators hold themselves accountable.

14. A Feminism for the Many

    It’s time to ditch the many forms of feminism that bolster oppressive systems.

15. 7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0

    Grassroots movements, legal organizations, and nonprofits are leading the opposition.