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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The last year has seen a remarkable upswell of grassroots resistance to the latest spawn of Big Tech: data centers. The threats of these centers are multitudinous. Communities facing the impact of data centers have quickly stood up to these technological catastrophes.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The ruling class is striving to take everything from us – including our future. The material of life that sustains us all is not only being concentrated in the hands of a few ultrawealthy people; it is also being destroyed.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A bolder antiwar movement is desperately needed at this moment to prevent the US-Israeli war in the Middle East from escalating further. We need to build something more enduring, localized, and concrete to bring the genocidal attacks on Lebanon and Iran to a halt.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There are so many fronts on which organizers are tirelessly working and where activists are constantly mobilizing. While multitasking between antiwar protests and rapid response, to divestment campaigns and survivor advocacy, it can feel like there is not enough time to even breathe.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thousands of people have taken to streets to protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. The latest newsletter from YES! asks: How do we organize not only to resist this injustice, but also to sustain the work over the long haul?
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The US may be on a path toward war, but it’s crucial to remember that what we do next matters – the worst is only guaranteed if we do nothing. When we connect through solidarity, we make a world without war a possibility.
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We All Have a Responsibility to End War - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
Discover insightful articles on We All Have a Responsibility to End War. Join us in exploring solutions for a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. #We All Have a Responsibility to End War
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Relentless kidnapping of our undocumented neighbors by ICE. Steps toward regime change in Venezuela. An indefinite government shutdown. The latest newsletter from YES! asks: Amid these authoritarian times, at what risk will we resist? www.yesmagazine.org/issues/2025/...
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At What Risk Will We Resist? - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
Discover insightful articles on At What Risk Will We Resist?. Join us in exploring solutions for a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. #At What Risk Will We Resist?
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We deeply mourn the ending of the regular publication of YES! Magazine. Yet the magazine's incredible legacy will live on: The Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism, which is stewarding YES!’s digital archives, has launched a monthly YES! Newsletter.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
💛 After nearly 30 years, YES! is saying farewell. With deep gratitude, we share that our archives will live on via @truthout. Thank you for walking with us. Keep raising your voice. Keep seeking solutions. Keep saying YES! Read the full farewell at: shorturl.at/XI43l #ThankYouYES #KeepSayingYES
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
✨ As YES! nears its final days, we’re honored to share Founding Editor @sarahvangelder.bsky.social 's personal reflections on 30 years of solutions journalism — and the vision, values & imagination that shaped YES! Read her farewell essay: shorturl.at/2tIv9 #ThankYouYES #KeepSayingYES
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Julia Luz Betancourt @julialuz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
With @yesmedia.bsky.social closing this June, I’ve finally gone full throw-myself-to-the-wolves vibes and done the scariest thing a writer can do… start a Substack. 🤭 To keep up with my independent journalism and other writings, subscribe here: tinyurl.com/2d5hjhkn
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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Another progressive media outlet is closing its doors. :( I am grateful for the 5.5 years of solutions stories I got to publish at @yesmedia.bsky.social. I'm a talented editor, skilled and collaborative journalist, and I have great story sense. Please feel free to send leads or make intros!
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Pangea Legal Services @pangealegal.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our greatest strength lies in collective action. Read the full article in @yesmedia.bsky.social by our Co-founder & former co-director @niloukhonsari.bsky.social alongside current co-directors Elena Hodges, Vanessa Godinez, & Esperanza Cuautle. #immigrantrights www.yesmagazine.org/racial-justi...
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When ICE Comes, the Bay Area Protects Their Own
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.
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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Oh noooo, this is awful news! 💔 YES! Media's stories are exactly the kind we need more than ever right now. It's just so painful that the very unjust systems they're working to dismantle have made it impossible for them to keep operating.
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
When I think about @yesmedia.bsky.social, I remember this piece they published in early 2020 about Reclaim the Block. It might’ve been the first not-local writing about our work. ❤️ www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...
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Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops
Reclaim the Block, a coalition of local organizations, looks to a future where Minneapolis divests from the police department and invests in community-based solutions and safety.
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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 07/05/2025
this is so sad. @yesmedia.bsky.social was the first magazine to take a bet on me — first as an intern and then as a staff editor. i learned so much there. sad to see its story end www.yesmagazine.org/sunset-annou...
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YES! Media to Sunset in June 2025 After Nearly 30 Years of Independent Journalism - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
Discover the latest in solutions journalism for a just, sustainable world at YES! Media. Join us in shaping a compassionate future. #SolutionsJournalism
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’ve read YES! for the past 25 years, and am grateful for its decades of powerful media-making, and its guiding light in the realm of solutions journalism. Such a sad loss.💔
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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I published this piece for @theflytrapmedia.com in January. It is now May and YES! is sunsetting. I will soon share more about the amazing team running this publication and how we can support them in their next chapters. But for now, I am in deep grief. Indie media simply deserves better.
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Julia Luz Betancourt @julialuz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
There’s so much to say and too little room, so I’ll let my LinkedIn post speak for itself. Thank you to @freeblackgirl.bsky.social for opening the door for journalists like me and making way for solutions-accountability journalism. I am forever grateful.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We are so grateful for your support. Thank you ❤️‍🩹
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: After nearly 30 years of publishing independent, justice-centered journalism, YES! Media will sunset operations at the end of June 2025. Read our full farewell message here: buff.ly/mrp7eo8
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Truth doesn't just go hand in hand with justice, it's actually good for your brain.
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Just the Facts: This Is Your Brain on Truth
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
For 12 months, author and illustrator Nora Krug communicated with a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist. From their conversations, Krug created a weekly illustrated diary of their diverging experiences of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Diaries of the War in Ukraine
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
People in the United States are accustomed to the current U.S. regime being compared to the rise of the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany. But there is a much more recent example that offers just as many lessons: post-revolution Iran.
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To Resist Rising Autocracy, Look to Iran
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.
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On Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Lessons for Gaza
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
With so many protests, strikes and demonstrations happening around the world, how can movement organizers, unionizers, and other folks on the ground stay mentally healthy to continue the work?
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Good Care for Good Trouble
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
LGBTQ people are creating queer churches where no one’s identity is a sin.
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Safe (Sacred) Spaces - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone. Read an excerpt from "The Trees Are Speaking" by Lynda V. Mapes 👇
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Healing the Scars of Deforestation
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“We cannot expect our dominant institutions to lead us to the transformation on which a viable human future depends,” writes David Korten, co-founder of YES! Media. But a powerful social movement can change what humans have created.
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Taking Action on Climate Change Requires Coming Together
Climate action, racial justice, and economic movements should unite.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A three-mile spit along Leslie Street in Toronto, Canada has been transformed from rubbish into a thriving wild green space in the last 75 years. It shows that a new ecosystem flourish from rubble. Read more: buff.ly/hrphZbZ
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Eliminating student debt is just the first step in fighting back against racial capitalism.
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Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A pair of researchers on school violence share three strategies that have been proven to prevent school shootings.
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Research Shows This Is How to Prevent School Shootings
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
LAST DAY to donate to get a signed Terra Affirma print! We're less than $2,000 away from our goal! Donate at the link 👇
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🎥 Watch: YES! Media's Sonali Kolhatkar interviews "Hands Off" protesters in the first coordinated mass action against Donald Trump’s second tenure on April 5, 2025.
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Millions Say “Hands Off” to Trump
An estimated 3 million people protested around the U.S. on April 5.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Blaming failures on people with disabilities and people of color echoes the harms embedded in eugenics, an attempt to scientifically prove genetic inferiority of disabled, LGBTQ, Indigenous, and Black people."
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Sorry, DOGE: Workers With Disabilities Do Improve Organizations
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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
In an incredibly important report for @yesmedia.bsky.social, our associate editor @julialuz.bsky.social chronicles how universities are intentionally targeting students who are protesting the Israeli assault on Gaza by fighting for divestment.
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What’s Next for the Student Fight for Palestine?
Facing suspensions and threats from the Trump administration, students are evolving their organizing defenses.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Philanthropists and grassroots organizers should join forces and shift the paradigm of wealth redistribution. “The path forward requires financial support as well as a willingness to stand in solidarity,” writes Kellian Staggers, who works as an advancement officer at @ndncollective.bsky.social.
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Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right’s Commitment to Systemic Change
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🎥 WATCH: How to manage your fury and fight a dictator? Journalist and activist Arun Gupta shares 10 lessons he has learned from talking with hundreds of activists for the last 25 years, and from organizing with the Portland Metro People’s Coalition (PMPC).
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Organizing Principles for Anti-Trump Resistance
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🎥 Watch: “As we see with the Trump Administration, it really doesn’t matter how diplomatic you are. If you are advocating for Palestinian liberation, if you’re criticizing Israel, they are going to crack down on you,” says YES! associate editor @julialuz.bsky.social
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Students Continue Resisting Israeli Genocide
In the face of Trumpian repression, student activists are not backing down from fighting for Palestinians.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
From the archives: New Mexico proves that sanctuary policies can help prevent deportations. Here’s how.
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A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted “Welcoming” Policies - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“Inequality isn’t the root of the problem…It’s just a symptom of the real problem: wealth, and all the privileges and power attached to it,” writes Chris Winters, former senior editor at YES!
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Could We End Wealth?
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Imagine a world where corporate media dominates every headline, where voices for justice are silenced. Without YES! Media, that world becomes a reality. We can’t let that happen. Donate now: buff.ly/W3bDzEe
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.
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How India’s Mixed-Status Couples Navigate Caste and Faith
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
In October 2018, Donald Trump declared he would issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States. But it wasn't "the first time white supremacists have tried to restrict the rights of citizenship along racial lines,” writes Nina Wallace.
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White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Video games will not fix a broken world, writes Bo Ruberg in their new book “How to Queer the World.”  But queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.
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How Queer Video Games Can Help Us Rebuild the Real World
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Bernie Sanders wants 🫵 to "fight oligarchy." The independent senator is attracting crowds of tens of thousands of people across the United States who are fed up with billionaires influencing the federal government.
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Why Sanders’ Call to “Fight Oligarchy" Resonates With Voters
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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Both homelessness and housing instability have risen in recent years among trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people. In a new piece for @yesmedia.bsky.social, our contributor @sygwriter.bsky.social reports about orgs building better housing solutions for trans, nonbinary, and GNC folks.
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The Trans Organizers Building Better Housing Solutions
Safe housing eludes many trans people in the U.S. Trans-led organizations are meeting the need.
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🎥 Watch: 98% of the agricultural land value in the United States is in white hands. But restoring people’s deep connections to land and growing their own food can lead to a path of abolition, says Leah Penniman.
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The Innate Connection Between Food Justice and Abolition
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
After commercial whaling decimated gray whale populations and animal rights activists threatened the Makah, the Tribe can finally practice food sovereignty one again.
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What Makah Whaling Teaches About the Importance of Food Sovereignty
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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal, a Medicaid program. Now families and advocates are fighting to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.
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The Fight to Preserve Medicaid for Disabled Children in California
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