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. The Screenings Saving Lives in Rural Guatemala

   A simple, low-cost method is helping impoverished women identify abnormal cervical cells and prevent premature cancer deaths.

2. Murmurations: An Ode to Collective Organizing

   Through block-by-block organizing, we can transform our material conditions—from isolation and fear to care and cooperation.

3. Educators Resist Trump’s Fascist Agenda

   Trump’s attacks on public education are prompting people from all walks of life to fight back.

4. LGBTQ Elders Share Wisdom for Survival

   “The Stonewall Rebellion is not over. We are at war, and we are still fighting back.”

5. ‘I’m Still Here’ Fights to Preserve the History of Brazil’s Dictatorship

   The Academy Award-winning film spotlights the ongoing effort in Brazil to ensure the atrocities committed during the country’s dictatorship period are remembered.

6. Applying Lessons From the Armenian Genocide to Gaza

   Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.

7. To Resist the Trump Regime, Look to Iran

   For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance.

8. The Trees Are Speaking

   Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone.

9. Terra Affirma: A Hybrid Wild

   Not all bedrock is stone.

10. How Including People With Disabilities Benefits Everyone

    The presence of employees with disabilities can make companies and organizations more collaborative, inclusive, and attractive to job seekers.

11. Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right’s Commitment to Systemic Change. Here’s How.

    In today’s hostile political climate, philanthropy must move beyond performative gestures and into authentic partnership.

12. Safe Homes: India’s Mixed-Status Couples Navigate Caste and Faith

    India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.

13. Rebuilding the World through Queer Video Games

    Video games will not fix a broken world, but queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.

14. Why Sanders’ Call to “Fight Oligarchy” Resonates More Than Ever

    Bernie Sanders is attracting crowds of tens of thousands across the U.S. as he rallies against the growing influence of billionaires within the federal government.

15. The Fight to Preserve Medicaid for Disabled Children in California

    A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal. Families and advocates want to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.