I am flesh. I am blood. I am human.

There are no words sufficient to describe the heartbreak and anger of processing the story from former Cornell University student Jane Doe, who alleges she was drugged and brutally gang-raped by seven...

I miss eating ice cream with you, even though I made you mad

One size does not fit all

And when you realize it’s okay to be who you are

Just for one second?

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Discover Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel _Homegoing_, a powerful journey through 300 years of history from Ghana to America. A must-read!

What are we doing to ourselves?

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass 📚 I value education, literacy, and communication. I’m the type of person who loves to hold a paperback in …

Witches and John Muir were right, and they were nemophilists

The disturbing reality of sexual misconduct or assault on women in the OBGYN office

Christian nationalists are hell-bent on bringing it back

A Hymn To Life: Shame Has To Change Sides by Gisele Pelicot is a moving memoir of survival, courage, determination, and triumph. Pelicot describes her struggle with not only accepting what happened…

5 behaviors of manipulative people that harm society

#2 — I am enough

And the healing thread to remember as we experience them

There is a men’s mental health crisis, and the causes are right in our faces

Nuggets of wisdom from an old broad

The ugly will remain unless we choose to heal from it

Vision and determination win the race, every time

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to use the same tactics to attack mifepristone as he did with Tylenol, both commonly used and safe medications. [1] Sign your name now to tell the Food...

Six things to consider before you leap to have children

With so much violence, what else can women do but choose the bear?

YouTube video by Official George Carlin

Is traditional marriage becoming obsolete, even for those over 60?

What better time to create new habits than in springtime?

One of the primary ways that backsliding democracies break down into authoritarian rule is through election subversion. Aspiring autocrats try to manipulate elections through all phases of the electio...

Finding uncommon places by accident when you get off the beaten path

Men’s entitlement to women’s bodies must end

In life, learn to pull out the thistles and keep the cherries

6 things to consider before you leap to have children

Did you know that there is an island called Jeju in South Korea, where women survived as sea divers in the mid-20th century and sustained their families with seafood? Called the haenyeo, these women free-dived into the Sea of Japan wearing cotton suits and masks to grab abalone, squid, and octopus. They held their breath for two to three minutes per dive, reaching depths of 30 to 65 feet, and dove for hours each day, often in cold water.

Dear Governor Polis, Clemency for Tina Peters would be a massive victory for those urging Trump to seize control of elections in 2026. This moment, and your ultimate decision, is a democracy stress ...

Especially for those who worked and suffered behind the scenes

But hey, Republicans, go ahead and vote the bill into law and cut off your noses to spite your faces

“[…] Many such incidents kept life alive for the good priest. But Jock was his right-hand man, getting more sense every day. A little wild, maybe, but what could you expect?” – Mary I. Third inFather Lacombe – A Young Man’s Freedomby Ken Donahue Father Lacombe: A Young Man’s Freedom is a heartfelt memoir about the author’s family history and the choices that shaped their future.

The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.

YouTube video by Linsay Rousseau

The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

How I hid the abuse and fooled everyone with fake smiles from exotic places

No one will forget the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Now imagine facing an even deadlier disease without modern medicine. The plague, or Black Death, killed an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353, wiping out nearly 60 percent of Europe’s population in its Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic forms…

On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...

Humans need to stop putting each other in categories — it’s not how life works

Boomers and Gen Z can learn from each other and create kinder societies

YouTube video by Chris Barnes