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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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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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/...

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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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.

💛 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

✨ 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

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

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!

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...

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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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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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

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...

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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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...

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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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.💔

YES! Media@yesmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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.

Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads)@freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 2y ago

By the way, I now run YES! Media, an indie movement publication focused on radical solutions and—surprise, surprise—it, too, is often struggling to survive. If you can support legacy publications that spew transphobia, then please consider donating to indie publications.

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.

YES! Media@yesmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

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

We are so grateful for your support. Thank you ❤️‍🩹

Kathy Wheeler@ksurpra.bsky.social · last yr.

So sad, I have read and supported this media for so many years, excellent reads with no ads, just the journalism with voices around the world.

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

Truth doesn't just go hand in hand with justice, it's actually good for your brain.

Just the Facts: This Is Your Brain on Truth

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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.

Diaries of the War in Ukraine

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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.

To Resist Rising Autocracy, Look to Iran

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

On Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Lessons for Gaza

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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?

Good Care for Good Trouble

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LGBTQ people are creating queer churches where no one’s identity is a sin.

Safe (Sacred) Spaces - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism

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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 👇

Healing the Scars of Deforestation

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“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.

Taking Action on Climate Change Requires Coming Together

Climate action, racial justice, and economic movements should unite.

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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

Eliminating student debt is just the first step in fighting back against racial capitalism.

Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change

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