YES! Media
@yesmedia.bsky.social
Award-winning, nonprofit and independent solutions journalism. Reporting stories silenced elsewhere.
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YES! Media
@yesmedia.bsky.social
· Sep 29
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.
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/...
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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November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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/...
The latest newsletter from YES! asks: Amid these authoritarian times, at what risk will we resist?
www.yesmagazine.org/issues/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.
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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
June 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
💛 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
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
Read her farewell essay: shorturl.at/2tIv9
#ThankYouYES #KeepSayingYES
June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
✨ 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
Read her farewell essay: shorturl.at/2tIv9
#ThankYouYES #KeepSayingYES
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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
start a Substack. 🤭
To keep up with my independent journalism and other writings, subscribe here: tinyurl.com/2d5hjhkn
May 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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
start a Substack. 🤭
To keep up with my independent journalism and other writings, subscribe here: tinyurl.com/2d5hjhkn
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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!
May 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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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...
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.
www.yesmagazine.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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...
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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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.
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.
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
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
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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.
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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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.
www.yesmagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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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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...
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
www.yesmagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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...
www.yesmagazine.org/sunset-annou...
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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.💔
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
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
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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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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.
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.
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.
If you can support legacy publications that spew transphobia, then please consider donating to indie publications.
YES! Magazine | Solutions Journalism
YES! Media is a nonprofit, independent publisher of solutions journalism for building a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
www.yesmagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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.
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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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.
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.
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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.
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.
We are so grateful for your support. Thank you ❤️🩹
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
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
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are so grateful for your support. Thank you ❤️🩹
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
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
May 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
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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April 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Truth doesn't just go hand in hand with justice, it's actually good for your brain.
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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April 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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.
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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April 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
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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April 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Armenians know from experience that genocide is a process, not an event, and they have lessons for those fighting for peace in Gaza.
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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April 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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?
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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April 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
LGBTQ people are creating queer churches where no one’s identity is a sin.
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 👇
Read an excerpt from "The Trees Are Speaking" by Lynda V. Mapes 👇
Healing the Scars of Deforestation
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April 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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 👇
Read an excerpt from "The Trees Are Speaking" by Lynda V. Mapes 👇
“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.
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.
buff.ly
April 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“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.
But a powerful social movement can change what humans have created.
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
Read more: buff.ly/hrphZbZ
April 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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
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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April 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Eliminating student debt is just the first step in fighting back against racial capitalism.