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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 9d

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 9d

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Jun 13

💛 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

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Jun 11

✨ 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

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Julia Luz Betancourt @julialuz.bsky.social · May 13

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

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Breanna Draxler @breannadraxler.bsky.social · May 9

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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Pangea Legal Services @pangealegal.bsky.social · May 14

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...

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.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · May 7

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 @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

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

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · May 7

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.

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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · May 7

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...

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

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · May 7

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.💔

YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

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

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · May 7

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.

Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · Jan 21

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.

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

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Julia Luz Betancourt @julialuz.bsky.social · May 7

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.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

Grateful for your support. We grieve together ❤️‍🩹

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

We are so grateful for your support. Thank you ❤️‍🩹

Kathy Wheeler @ksurpra.bsky.social · May 7

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.

YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

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

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you to all of our readers, viewers, and followers for your support over the years.

In the coming days, we'll share how you can support each of our staff members in their next adventures—because the industry needs them.

Stay tuned. And never forget that a better world is possible. 🥹 💔

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

This was not the outcome we hoped for—but it follows years of tireless efforts to find a sustainable path forward.

We are heartbroken but we are also incredibly proud. Proud of what we built. Proud of who we built it with. And proud of the impact that YES! has had on the world.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

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

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 25

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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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 25

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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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 25

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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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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