10 Examples That Prove White Privilege Exists in Every Aspect ...
WEBJul 24, 2017 · And if the media are not blatantly biased, remember that they are covering a blatantly biased country, one that views the epidemic of heroin, used overwhelmingly by White people, as a “health problem” instead of a “crime problem.” Apparently, the addictions of White people merit a “gentler war on drugs,” not the three-strikes laws and mandatory minimums that have devastated Black ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Everyday Resistance of Enslaved Women - YES! Magazine
WEBFeb 19, 2021 · In her new book, A Kick in the Belly, Afrocentric British historian Stella Dadzie describes how her research into slavery-era documents reveals the lives of enslaved Black women in the Caribbean colonies and the American South. The phrase “kicked in the belly” summarizes the abuse enslaved women endured—but they also resisted, rebelled ...
What Happens When Old and Young Connect - YES! Magazine
WEBMay 6, 2019 · But first, during that year and a half, we compared the young people who had mentors with the young people who didn’t have them. The contrast was staggering. There was a 46 percent difference in drug use, a 50 percent difference in school truancy, and a 33 percent difference in violent behavior. The conclusion was inescapable: Relationships ...
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 …
This App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live …
WEBApr 16, 2018 · You cannot find a corner of this continent that does not hold ancient history, Indigenous value, and pre-colonial place names and stories. And every place we occupy was once the homeland for other people, most of whom didn’t leave willingly.
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