What’s the Right Term: POC, BIPOC, or Neither? - YES! Magazine
WEBOct 8, 2020 · Language is alive, and like any living thing, it changes with time. Enter the debate around the phrase “people of color” or POC, which some have begun to argue against.. To better understand how people relate to POC versus BIPOC, NPR’s “Code Switch” podcast shared listeners’ thoughts on the show and online Wednesday (Sept. 30) in the episode, “Is It Time To Say R.I.P.
10 World-Changing Protests You Should Know About
WEBJun 15, 2021. Protest works. In Myanmar, Palestine, Thailand, and around the world, people are taking to the streets to resist repression and win change. Because protest works, governments try to stop it: In country after country, new restrictions have been introduced and protesters face police violence. Things got worse under the pandemic, as ...
10 Things You Should Know About Socialism | YES! Magazine
WEBJan 30, 2020 · Here are 10 things from this book that you should know. 1. Socialism is a yearning for something better than capitalism. Socialism represents the awareness of employees that their sufferings and limitations come less from their employers than from the capitalist system. That system prescribes incentives and options for …
Empathy Heroes: 5 People Who Changed the World By Taking …
WEBNov 7, 2014 · Beatrice Webb photographed in the years before she ventured onto the streets of East London. Photo credit Wikimedia Commons.. In the early 20th century it became popular for writers and would-be social reformers—among them Jack London and George Orwell—to spend time living down and out on the streets of East London to experience the realities of poverty among the homeless, beggars, and ...
The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement - YES!
WEBAug 6, 2024 · By Marianne Dhenin. 7 MIN READ. Aug 6, 2024. A man holds up a Palestinian flag atop removed barricades piled up at a Free Gaza encampment at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2024. The encampment was part of a nationwide movement of college students demanding their …
Why Public Art Is Good for Cities - YES! Magazine
WEBDec 6, 2021 · ’s no surprise that art-focused bus and walking tours have grown popular in dozens of cities in recent years, from London, England, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Austin, Texas, where the city-led Art in Public Places program has been funding public art for more than 30 years. Elsewhere, public art is used to address practical problems like safety.For example, last year in Cincinnati, Ohio ...
Eight Brilliant Student Essays on Immigration and Unjust …
WEBFor the winter 2019 student writing competition, “Border (In)Security,” we invited students to read the YES! Magazine article “Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the “Constitution-Free Zone” by Lornet Turnbull and respond with an up-to-700-word essay.. Students had a choice between two writing prompts for this contest on immigration policies at the border and in the “Constitution-free ...
What Happens When Old and Young Connect - YES! Magazine
WEBMay 6, 2019 · For the first time ever, in 2019 the U.S. has more people over 60 than under 18. That milestone brought with it little celebration. Indeed, there were abundant concerns that America would soon be awash in a gray wave, spelling increased health care costs for an aging population, greater housing and transportation needs, and fewer young workers contributing to Social Security.
Why We Are Driven to Search for the Truth - YES! Magazine
WEBJun 8, 2017 · In the most-often quoted passage from the book, Mill makes the case for the collective search for the truth: “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. Were an opinion a personal possession of no value ...
The Trans History You Weren’t Taught in Schools - YES! Magazine
WEBJun 7, 2021 · The Trans History You Weren’t Taught in Schools. An engraving of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a soldier named Franklin Thompson during the American Civil War. Image from Bettmann / Getty Images. Often erased from history, scholars are now realizing that transgender and nonbinary people have existed in most human societies ...