(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, May 19, 2012
My Fantasy with Jamie Dimon My fantasy: true accountability -- beyond the $3 billion loss -- for Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan. Veterans, parents, retirees, former homeowners, and credit card holders devastated after bank dealings. 'Fess up and pay up in your ever-expanding jail cell, Jamie.

(2 comments) SHARE        Sunday, February 12, 2012
Three Disturbing Trends About "Just Say No" to Providing Contraception The pushback President Obama received for his decision to require free birth control for many religiously affiliated institutions (now revised to similar effect) is disturbing on three fronts. First the right's use of faith as a divider, second as it ignores longstanding and global lessons on contraceptive access, and third as it politicizes a narrow social issue.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, May 18, 2015
Imposters at MIT? Stop the Victim Blaming A recent NPR story highlighting a spate of MIT suicides discussed the "imposter syndrome." Yet this seemed to be a not-so-subtle attempt at victim blaming when, in my experience, poor mental health often directly resulted from what was broadly recognized as extreme academic stress. Let's find out more about what MIT is doing by asking and posting 11 questions on their services and statistics.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, June 24, 2013
A Ten-Step Plan To Care for Our Country and World Imagine if just a fraction of the creativity, time and energy we put into raising our kids was devoted to improving our country and planet. Now make it so through this 10-step plan.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, December 16, 2014
A Holiday From, Then For Justice The last month has been a holiday justice as numerous acts have demonstrated how our society dehumanizes women and minorities. But the widespread, sustained protests show that Americans value basic human rights for all, or in the words of Langston Hughes, "Let America be America again."

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, October 3, 2013
America's Indefensible "Core Priorities" President Obama's speech last week at the UN General Assembly was generally strong. But he cited four "core interests" that are amoral and create a cycle of violence. These must be circumscribed, if not abandoned. Otherwise, we could possibly end up implementing the plan described by former NATO Allied Supreme Commander Wesley Clark, which would have the U.S. invade seven countries in the Middle East and Africa.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Charlie Hebdo: Violence, Press Freedom and Accountability In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, many world leaders have highlighted the important values of peace, freedom of the press, and accountability. But how true have Western societies been to these ideals and what is their promise for promoting the empathy and justice needed to bridge cultural divides?

(1 comments) SHARE        Sunday, October 27, 2013
Get Out of My Town The Republicans have embarked on a radical agenda in direct opposition to the interests of their constituents. The best thing for them to do? Leave town.

(2 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Reframing and Preventing American Gun Violence It's time to reframe our discussion of American gun violence to reimagine solutions. As Chiraq points out, gun violence -- including horrific mass shootings -- is mostly committed by men. Culture and community remains key as well.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, July 25, 2015
The Best Candidate for Minorities and Women (Not Hillary, Not Now) Should minorities and women support Hillary Clinton? Bernie Sanders comes under criticism for being from a primarily white state and not for campaigning on racial issues. Green candidate Jill Stein receives little media attention. Yet they both promote platforms that are much better for the security and opportunity of these groups.

(4 comments) SHARE        Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Right's Plan: More Poor White Kids Is the "having kids is our patriotic duty" going to become new Republican meme? The demographics don't work for the right so now having lots of poor, undereducated children is cool -- so long as they're white. What a difference from the trashing of welfare Moms just two decades ago.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Often Forgotten Downside to Accepting Corporate Contributions Nonprofits that partner with corporations often sacrifice reputation and efficacy for dollars. But nascent trends in the environment and arts show promise.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, June 19, 2015
The Democratic Platform: Hillary and Bernie Any presidential candidate faces broad challenges in illuminating the harsh injustices of our country and endorsing specific policies to fix them. Yet this is precisely what our leaders must do to create a nation of justice and opportunity. This article lays out major issues and assesses the statements of the two major leading Democratic presidential candidates.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 23, 2015
Questions to Republicans Reflecting Chris Stevens' Values: The Perspective of a Friend The Republicans fail to see the values that Ambassador Chris Stevens upheld, instead choosing to use the congressional hearing for political purposes.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 29, 2013
Beyond Boston to Bangladesh The Bangladeshi factory collapse must be top of mind so we can transform the apparel industry. Boycott retailers, give money, eschew fast fashion, and focus on the tough stories.

SHARE        Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Climate Talks: More Compelling Than the World Series The UNFCCC's Conference on Parties had all the drama and action of a world sports championship. But the stakes for these global climate talks were much higher.