An Ancient Calendar Helps Me See Seasons Change Every Few Days
Climate change requires closer attention to the changes in our environment.
Health & Happiness
Beyond Coping: How to Find the Strength to Take on Climate Change
Our emotional energy can be a source of power.
Some Blunt Advice About Your Death
Author and end-of-life educator Sallie Tisdale gets real about death and dying.
6 Shows for Some Women-Led Belly Laughs
Time and time again women have proven that viewers are interested in the stories they tell.
Rethinking 鈥淢uffins with Moms鈥� and 鈥淒onuts with Dads鈥�
While student鈥揻amily events are well-intentioned, they can also exclude certain students. Teachers are pushing for activities that include all the important adults in a child鈥檚 life.
In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors, and prevent isolation and other PTSD-related issues permeating Black communities.
Can We Work Less and Save the Planet, Too?
Building a new world will require first reexamining鈥攁nd dismantling鈥攖he cultural ethos of productivity that creeps into our lives every day.
Dealing With Loss When Death Is Uncertain
For families of missing or disappeared persons, mourning the ambiguous loss of their loved ones is complex.
How to Survive the End of a Friendship
Breakups happen to friends, too. Here鈥檚 how to find closure, while preserving your heart and dignity.
The Story of Death Is the Story of Women
鈥nd they want to bring back 鈥淭he Good Death.鈥�
How Steep Is That Sidewalk? A Digital Map for People With Disabilities
For disabled people, getting around Seattle is a constant challenge. This app wants to make it easier and safer.
Black Girl Magic: How Tarot Is Helping Women of Color Connect
The Detroit Blk Gurls Do Tarot Facebook group empowers women in traditional spiritualities.
Black Funerals Are a Radical Testament to Blackness
For African Americans, homegoings are the ultimate form of liberation.
The City That Dances With Death
In New Orleans, colorful street festivals celebrating death grew out of necessity, incorporating West African rhythms and syncretized dance.
Return to Nature
Green burials go beyond not polluting or wasting. It鈥檚 about people needing and caring for land, conducting life-affirming activities there鈥攊ncluding death.
What an American Terrorist Looks Like
Despite racist and anti-immigrant scapegoating, data shows that most American terrorists are resentful White men inspired by White supremacist and misogynist rhetoric.
Ursula K. Le Guin Is Still the Radical Feminist We Need Today
adrienne maree brown shares unabashed love for the visionary writer, here and in the new documentary 鈥淲orlds of Ursula K. Le Guin.鈥�
How Cultural Differences Shape Your Gratitude
Americans say 鈥渢hanks鈥� a lot, but other cultures may have a deeper understanding of gratitude.
How Capitalism Exploits Our Fear of Old Age
Getting older isn鈥檛 all loss and no gain鈥攚e may actually become happier and more emotionally resilient.
It鈥檚 Not a Woman鈥檚 Job to Protect a Man鈥檚 Virtue
The Mississippi gubernatorial candidate who wouldn鈥檛 allow a female reporter to cover his campaign without a male chaperone is recycling centuries of misogynistic mythology.
Hot Flashes and Killer Whales: The Evolutionary Advantage of Menopause
The patriarchy thinks menopause is a problem. A new book is making waves with the argument that "the change" has value for our species and the women who go through it.
For Healthy Communities, Look Beyond Diet and Exercise
Improving health for everyone starts with addressing systemic inequities.
Working for Peace in a Violent World
When the need for large-scale solutions is so dire, it can be challenging to focus on individual actions.
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