Nuclear Power and Our Relationship with Earth
With Japan facing a nuclear crisis, Nathan Thompson shares some of the discussions he has been having over the past few days about nuclear energy, media-caused panic and the future of energy.
Moshin’s Mistake
A young boy’s fall triggers results in a critical medical emergency, and Kane Ryan of Dirty Wall Project finds himself facing India’s medical system and a life and death decision.
The Triumph of Human Spirit in Egypt
Egypt, a country that has given the world so much in terms of ideas, art, science, medicine, philosophy and spirituality, has been given its greatest wish — President Hosni Mubarak has agreed to step down. We wish for the people of Egypt an end to poverty and abuse — and a new era of peace and understanding.
Meeting Mandela: One of the Most Profound Upside Moments of My Life
The day after Nelson Mandela was released from prison almost 21 years ago, Steve Goldburg happened to be in the right place to meet the revered champion of human rights. It was a meeting Steve will never forget.
The Power of Kindness
In their book, Made For Goodness, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter write about the power of kindness.
White Men and Their Guns: Considering Ways Violence is Spun
Following the recent shootings in Arizona, Nathan Thomson explores the culpability denials, political spinnings, angry tirades and accusations – and finds them hard to swallow. “People want to pin the crazy label on Mr. Loughner,” he writes, “but I’d say it’s the mass dissociation from responsibility for public speech that’s pretty damned insane.”
The Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre is a tragic part of history. For Mary Black Bonnet, a Lakota woman, it’s personal. Here, Mary takes readers into the powerful story of a courageous people whom the government tried to eradicate.
A Brave New Year
Rules are not necessarily bad, writes Tim Heintzman, except when the rule subverts its original intention and creates more chaos than what it was intended to prevent. With 2011 just beginning, Tim looks at how we can use our creativity and become “cunning outlaws” to make this a “brave” new year.
The Seduction of Hope
Nathan Thompson explores the seduction of hope, and wonders: if you give in to it, do you lose the improvisation skills necessary to fully engage with life as it is?
The Fallen Traveller, Part 3: Following the Fall
In Part 3 of “The Fallen Traveller” death becomes possible in the aftermath of a young man’s startling fall from a work of art in Barcelona.
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