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.
The Sinking of the U.S.S. Truxtun Story and the Raising of the Human Spirit
A shipwreck, a tiny town on Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula and the seeds of the U.S. civil rights movement would seem to be an unusual juxtaposition. It happened way back in 1942 but had ramifications right down to present times.
Lunch with the Ladies
Kane Ryan and Dirty Wall Project take some deserving women who live in the slums of Mumbai for a day at a beautiful beach on the Arabian Sea and a chance to just play and be carefree.
Your Human Rights: Do You Know Them?
It’s the final hours Human Rights Day. I spent a lot of the day thinking about Wikileaks and the powerful political machinery that lines up against you if you dare…IF YOU DARE…to challenge authority as Julian Assange has done.
Attack of the Bitches
A 7th grade science projects involving dog training results in one one girl bullying another, with long-term implications and a few hard-won lessons.
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