Politics

This piece was cross-posted on Writes Like She Talks. Norm Roulet’s lengthy, in-depth post at REALNEO, “Happy Air Quality Awareness Week? Not in Cleveland, where air quality is poor, and awareness is worse! Meaning Modeling Matters!” is one of an abysmally few pieces of evidence that May...

This guest post was submitted by Veronica Li. On the eve of Mother’s Day, I’d like to say a few words to commemorate my mother. I wrote a book about her life called JOURNEY ACROSS THE FOUR SEAS.  I had always thought of her as...

This piece was cross-posted on MotherTalkers.com and DailyKos. As a writer and activist, I subscribe to numerous newsletters and have given to countless causes. Here is a sample of what was in my inbox on Tuesday, May 3: “Each year, the first week of May...

This piece by Jennifer Lance was cross-posted on EcoChildsPlay. We take for granted the air we breath. Unless you are exercising, meditating, practicing yoga, or have health-related breathing issues like asthma, the involuntary responses of inhaling and exhaling hardly noticed.  Air is a basic necessity...

This piece was cross-posted on Non-Toxic Kids. It’s simple, really.  Not flowers, or dark chocolate. Action. I’m really not sure why it is so hard for our country to act in the best interest of its most vulnerable– our children. Maybe it is because they...