DID YOU KNOW? Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. DID YOU KNOW? There are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world today. DID YOU KNOW? The US government estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the US each year to be used as […]
Finding Life Balance Through Creating and Consuming
To find the coveted work-life balance, it may simply be a matter of giving out value as a Creator, and being open to receiving value back as a Consumer.
Alleys: A Photographic Obsession
Nathan Thompson has made a photographic study of alleys, where he finds the discarded, the forgotten and, occasionally, humanity’s hidden gems.
Archie Gets Gay Hunk: Riverdale Ready for Diversity
This September Archie Comics introduces its first openly gay character, hunky Kevin Keller. Riverdale High is definitely changing, but what about schools beyond the comic books?
The Amazing Granny D and Social Activism for the Masses
Granny D, aka Doris Haddock, died last month at the age of 100. At 89, this activist undertook a journey most of us will never even contemplate, let alone complete — she walked across the United States to bring attention to a corrupt, corporate-driven political system.
A Year of Living Dangerously?
Working oversees as a helicopter pilot, Allan Cram has lived in some of the world’s most dangerous places, including Afghanistan and Sudan. But as he discovers, most people are just “working stiffs” like him, trying to put food on the table.
Gathering What Has Been Broken
A Lakota woman torn away from her mother spends her life looking for the connection she lost — and ends up healing others.
My Bi-polar Blood Stained Existence in A War-Ravaged Society
My life is full of contradictions, or what I call my bi-polar activity. Not that I have some clinically diagnosed chemical imbalance in my aging grey matter; rather, unlike most of my friends whose work and home life are often inter-related, mine is completely disparate.
My Time in the Federal Pen
I’d done some stupid things in my life, and even more strange ones, but one of the weirdest was performing in a play about three women who were bitter and angry at men, in a federal prison. A men’s federal prison.
James Howard Kunstler: The Tragedy of Suburbia
“In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what exists in America is a nation of places not worth caring about. Kunstler may be the world’s most outspoken critic of suburban sprawl. He believes the end of the […]