From Me to We. My New Year鈥檚 Resolution
In 2019, we must move beyond the myth of the lone individual to recognize our deep interdependence and responsibilities for one another and nature.
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How This Year鈥檚 Struggles Set Us Up for a Bold, Hopeful 2019
Our fragile democracy needs the will of the people to protect it, but the events of 2018 prove that Americans are up to the challenge.
No, You Don鈥檛 Need to Go to Holiday Parties If You Feel Lonely
There are better ways to find connection.
Why Rituals Are Good for Your Health
Research shows rituals reduce anxiety, improve performance and confidence鈥攁nd even work on people who don鈥檛 believe in them.
Money Talks: How to Make Those Hard Conversations Easier
Tips for preserving your boundaries and other people鈥檚 dignity.
How to Fight the Latest Attempts to Erase 鈥淭ransgender鈥�
Purging the identity from federal websites makes transgender people more vulnerable to discrimination. Here's how you can help.
How First-Time Voters Led Change in a Deep-Red State
Election night鈥檚 most surprising Democratic victory defies the trend of a growing urban-rural chasm.
What Welcome Really Looks Like: Softening Hearts to a New Generation of Refugees
The story of the Central American refugees is so essentially American that it鈥檚 a wonder we can鈥檛 recognize how much they belong here.
How My Settler Ancestors Set Us Up for Uncontrollable Wildfires
I want us to go humbly to the very people our culture tried to exterminate to listen to what they can teach us.
How to Treat a Stranger in Need: A Moral Response to the Migrant Caravans
Throughout history, the biblical story of Exodus has inspired people around the world fleeing persecution.
Refusing to Hide: Migrants Find Power in Caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
I Can鈥檛 Give My Children Everything My Parents Gave Me
And I spend a lot of time thinking about what they鈥檙e missing.
Don鈥檛 Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It.
Despite the holiday鈥檚 false origin tale, we can celebrate in ways that honor those originally dishonored by the day.
Dear White Women, Try On Our Struggle Instead of Our Looks
Blackness is way more than an aesthetic.
Take a Moment to Thank Your Food
Gratitude for what feeds us opens us to awe and beauty.
One Way to Skip Wall Street and Invest in Your Community
Take it from someone who gave away his inheritance 35 years ago: The act of distributing your wealth will propel you forward.
This Kind of Wealth Really Can Solve Our Problems
A life devoted to frugality taught me about 鈥渘atural wealth鈥� and the value of investing in community.
鈥淲e Are Still Here鈥�: Native Americans Win a Voice in Government
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
What Dr. Seuss Can Teach Kids About Consent
It鈥檚 never too early to learn that 鈥渘o鈥� is a boundary, not a punishment.
This Isn鈥檛 the First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship
History shows that a broad coalition of civil rights activists is how to fight back.
Why I Have Hope in the Face of Human Extinction
Around the world, people are realizing the current path will lead only to disaster, and they鈥檙e beginning to ask the hard questions about what to do next.
A Turning Point for the Global Economy
The USMCA deal, also known as NAFTA 2.0, is a lot of things. But it is not free trade.
3 Things You Can Do to Help Avoid Climate Disaster
Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.
5 Ways New Movement Leaders Are Effecting Change
The Parkland students and others are reinventing models for people-powered activism that adapts to today鈥檚 rapid pace of change.
Voter Registration Is Inherently Racist
And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters.
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