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Turmoil in Tennessee Makes Case for Multiracial Democracy

Turmoil in Tennessee Makes Case for Multiracial Democracy

For “Rising Up with Sonali,†YES! Racial Justice editor Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Lisa Sherman Luna, Executive Director of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition Votes, and DaMareo Cooper, Co-Executive Director of Center for Popular Democracy Action.
Sonali Kolhatkar |
Transphobia and Allyship on Trans Day of Visibility

Transphobia and Allyship on Trans Day of Visibility

For “Rising Up with Sonali,†YES! Racial Justice editor Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Carl Charles, senior attorney in the Southern Regional Office of Lambda Legal; Ebony Harper, founder and executive director of California TRANScends; and Maebe A. Girl, a congressional candidate running for California’s 30th Congressional District.
Sonali Kolhatkar |
Closing the Gender Wage Gap

Closing the Gender Wage Gap

The pay gap between men and women has stubbornly persisted for two decades. Here’s how to close it.
Sonali Kolhatkar |
Ohio Derailment Sparks Renewed Calls to Nationalize Rail

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 |
Why Harriet Tubman Belongs on the $20 Bill

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 |
Why Reparations Isn’t Just About Money

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 |
Transformative Justice: Thriving Forward Together

Transformative Justice: Thriving Forward Together

Transformative justice can form the basis for deep solutions to racial and gender-based injustices, mass incarceration, immigrant abuses, the climate emergency, and more.
Sonali Kolhatkar |
Inconvenient Identity: Magnus’ Story

Inconvenient Identity: Magnus’ Story

Magnus has a heartbreaking conversation with their mom as she dices onions. In this video, created in a filmmaking workshop led by Outside the Frame and Oregon State University, Magnus tries to make
Jonathan Garcia |
Their Love: Nat’s Story

Their Love: Nat’s Story

Nat, a nonbinary Latinx young person, experiences oppression, xenophobia and misgendering from their own family. Their mother has a spiritual experience that reveals the importance of honoring their child’s nonbinary
Jonathan Garcia |
Giving Tree: Michelle’s Story

Giving Tree: Michelle’s Story

In her journey on foot from Honduras to the United States, Michelle encounters family rejection, transphobia, and border patrol. In this video, created in a filmmaking workshop led by Outside the
Jonathan Garcia |
An Ecological Civilization: The Path We’re On

An Ecological Civilization: The Path We’re On

“An Ecolological Civilization: The Path We’re On†was a YES! Presents online conversation held on February 25, 2021. It was produced in partnership with YES! Media and the Institute for Ecological Civilization.
YES! Editors |
5 Steps Toward Self Compassion

5 Steps Toward Self Compassion

We could all benefit from being a little kinder to ourselves—especially after the year we’ve had.
YES! Editors |
A Radical Vision for the Future

A Radical Vision for the Future

With beautiful illustrations and poignant storytelling, this animated short film reminds us that a better world is possible beyond 2020.
Ayu Sutriasa |
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