Yoruba Richen has a unique worldview. As an African-American woman, she sees a distinct correlation between the civil rights movement and the modern day
Dereliction of environmental duty
Three events in the last two days have helped me better understand why citizens are helpless against purposeful polluters and the damage they cause
Dirty Wars
Last week, I watched a documentary shown by the St. Louis Peace Economy Project and Instead of War. It was called Dirty Wars and was based on the
A Sliver of Light: Hiker hostages tell their story in an amazing new book
I’d almost forgotten about the three friends who, while hiking in Kurdistan in 2009, were lured across the Iraq/Iran border and then held prisoner
ATM fees rip off $19 million from California’s public-assistance recipients
Big banks lifted more than $19 million out of the wallets of poor people in California in 2012, by charging them unnecessarily high fees
Corporate interests behind U.S. backed coup in Ukraine
JP Sottile is a freelance journalist and former news producer in Washington , D.C. In a piece for Consortium News, “Corporate Interests Behind the
New ad campaigns feature real women, real bodies
A new ad campaign by Betabrand—a retailer of casual clothing—has a positive message for women: You don’t have to choose between brains and beauty.
Beauty pagents and politics
It seems intuitive that beauty pageants should be distinct from politics–that we should judge our next leaders by more than appearance. Yet, more and more, young
Guns in the sun vs. safety in the snow
It’s been a long hard winter here in the Northeast. Extreme cold fatigue set in months ago. Roadside piles of once-pristine snow have turned
Four steps that helped fight domestic violence
“…and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.” –Audre Lorde The Violence Against