Olga Mecking is a writer, journalist, and occasional translator. Originally from Poland, she now lives with her German husband and three multilingual children in the Netherlands. She has written for ...

Sonali Kolhatkar joined YES! in summer 2021, building on a long and decorated career in broadcast and print journalism. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and host and creator of YES!

Indigenous scientists are hurrying to learn what they can about intact old-growth forests before they are gone.

When Renee Lau, a special projects coordinator at the trans-led housing and wellness center Baltimore Safe Haven, transitioned at the age of 63, she lost everything. “My marriage fell apart,” she says ...

In 1992, a Canadian ecologist named William Rees coined the term “ecological footprint,” a measurement of how much any entity was impacting the planet’s ecology. A decade later, British Petroleum ...

Research has consistently demonstrated that early childhood—those critical years from infancy to age 5—impacts long-term social, emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being. Kids who access ...

Generations of readers have discovered the power of books through a family member, a teacher, or LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow. But 2.5 million children across the United States are enrolled in ...

For the Love of Gaza Holding on to home and humanity in the face of occupation, displacement, and genocide.

France is famous for its fine wines and cheese. However, among a more niche audience, the country is also known as a zero-waste leader. Besides producing one of the world’s most famous zero-waste ...

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Caring is a tricky word for many women, as it brims with gendered expectations of labor, open availability, and mental load. Only six months later, Billy Baker’s Boston Globe article went viral, ...

In the decade since it began, #BlackLivesMatter has shifted the nation's collective consciousness, whether we wanted it shifted or not.