'Perfection is easy compared to this.'

YES! Magazine has reprinted one of my stories as part of their Climate Futures Week series.

(I liked that they happened to choose my personal favorite parts for pull quotes)

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I loved the ingenuity of this piece by Eva Marabotto for RED/ACCIÓN ! Thanks to the Human Journalism Network for sharing this with us at YES! Magazine yesmagazine.org/social-justice…

Writer and filmmaker Shane Burley points out that Israeli officials are ironically employing the same language and logic as past perpetrators of genocide: claiming its victims have genocidal intentions to justify killing them first.
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Just like birth doulas, gender doulas support people at all stages of their gender journey. Visit the link below to read more about gender doulas.
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Bottle caps transform into queens, knights, and pawns that help kids learn how to regulate emotions, socialize, and resolve conflicts. Visit the link below to read how chess captures life lessons for Argentinian youth.
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Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org, recently wrote an op-ed entitled “Biden’s Complicity in Gaza Is Making It More Likely Fascist Trump Will Win.”
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'I wanted to parent in resistance. But I found mothering in anticipation of harm made me tired.' Visit the link below to read about how black women are finding freedom in Black motherhood.
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A new generation of Tulsa’s residents is rebuilding what was lost. Writing about it for YES!’s new “Realizing Reparations” series is journalist Anneliese Bruner, whose great-grandmother, Mary E. Parrish, survived the Tulsa Massacre.
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After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
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A criminal record keeps many qualified candidates out of work; these coffee companies are helping clear the first hurdle.
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Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank fighting for the right to a homeland, and for their basic right to water—which Israel continues to deny.
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After her cervical cancer diagnosis, Caitlin Breedlove sought connection and stories from other survivors, but found them few and far between.
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Mental health care is critical for survivors, but access often comes with a slew of challenges. Visit the link below to read more.
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A bee caretaker learns just how much humans can gain from tuning in to nature’s cues. This story is part of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a climate fiction contest from Grist.
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Why can’t Americans buy Chinese electric vehicles that could help the Biden administration meet its climate goals?
Visit the link below to watch Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. speak with our Senior Editor, Sonali Kolhatkar, on Rising Up With Sonali!
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Despite the distractions and anxieties of the modern world, we still have the powerful capacity for wonder.
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'The baby salmon live in the river, but only if the river is healthy. They’re a good sign.” Visit the link below to read about a caretaker grappling with the fantasy and memory of flooding on California’s last remaining almond farm.

The master copy of the song, called “The Urgent Call of Palestine” was thought to be lost to Israeli theft for decades. Writing about its resurrection at In These Times is Iman Husain, a writer, artist, and fact-checker. Learn more about the fascinating...
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Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S.
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'The technology misses what I love most about them: their smell, the warmth of their skin, the calm in my own heart when I’m in their physical presence.” Read Sanjana's beautiful story on how evolving technology and place-based knowledge help a family c...
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