Yessenia Funes

Yessenia Funes is an assistant editor at YES! Magazine.

The Standing Rock Lawsuit Started a Year Ago. Here’s Where We Are Now

A recent victory has sent the Army Corps of Engineers back to analyze the environmental justice effects of the Dakota Access pipeline.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

August 8, 2017

News Analysis

US Steps Closer to Racial Healing With a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

South Africa used truth and reconciliation to address its racist history. It's time for the US to do the same.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

April 19, 2016

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

What Keeping Oil in the Ground Can Do for Economic Inequality

A successful energy transition to renewables could not only rescue the planet but create a more just economy.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

March 16, 2016

News

Politics & Elections

Does Baltimore Black Lives Matter Activist Have a Shot at Becoming Mayor?

Activists turned politicians are nothing new. Just look at Bernie Sanders.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

February 17, 2016

News

The Brilliance of Using Pillowcases to #GiveRefugeesRest

A human rights campaign to protest Islamophobic rhetoric sent message-scrawled pillowcases to 31 governors who expressed support for refugee bans.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

January 19, 2016

News Analysis

Income Inequality Is a Health Hazard – Even for the Rich

A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the US is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

January 5, 2016

Op-Ed

My Mom Fled War, Too: Finding Compassion for Syrian Refugees

Yessenia Funes: Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life - and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

November 24, 2015

Op-Ed

Hero or Coward: Could Skipping My Student Loan Payments Start a Revolution?

A college professor is calling for a massive student debt strike with only one necessity.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

September 19, 2015

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

Co-op Home-Buyer Program Keeps Workers in the Neighborhood

Nearly half of Evergreen's worker owners have purchased homes through the program.

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

August 26, 2015

News

The Enchanted Land Where Community College Is Free? Welcome to Tennessee in 2015

A new bill provides two years of tuition at a community college for participating high school grads who might otherwise face a 7.5 percent unemployment rate - and other …

By: Yessenia Funes ,; YES!Magazine

January 15, 2015

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Supreme Court “Sackett” Decision Shrinks Protections for US Wetlands

Bernie Sanders and William Barber Announce Rallies for $17 Minimum Wage

Climate Groups Slam Debt Ceiling Deal as “Surrender” to Big Oil

Top Oil and Gas Lobby Spent More in Pennsylvania Than Other States Last Year

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