There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…
PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine
Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually…
THE CAT’S MEOW: Cruelty to animals and animal revenge
I liked Jimmy – nobody else did. Not my friends, parents, roommates, and not Zeus. Zeus was a four year old Siamese with attitude and I belonged to him…
YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers
As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: Profile of the collective and their art
The sight of a hand may seem to be one-dimensional on the surface—something not worth registering in the grand vision of reality, except to know whether …
THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…
DECENTRALIZED DANCE PARTY: Putting public space to proper use
“It’s such a good vibration. It’s such a swee-eet sensation,” erupts from 100 plus boomboxes, engulfing me in a 360° field of crackly lo-fi sound. I’m one of three…
A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So
We have put together this dynamic anthology of poetry and prose expressing the profound love of Tom McFerran for his wife, Pauline who died …
POEMS by SARAH HAWKINS: Where the River Runs
I am the water flowing down the stream When I hit a rock I keep going unbruised, untainted I adjust to the rocks presence but once gone I don’t look…
SELF LOVE: Understanding true beauty
We are often exposed to beauty in the world. We see the beauty in flowers as we shuffle ourselves…
AWAKE AT THE WHEEL: Mindful Driving by Michele McDonald
There are pitfalls in listening to mindfulness tapes in the car. Once I was talking to a woman at a workshop I was leading in Spokane, and she…
POEMS by Ruth Holloway: Finding Joy in Life
How do you find joy in life when your world is falling apart? Is the nature of a lot of my unhappiness that I expect too much out of life, out of others.
SANA MUSASAMA: Ceramic Artist
The Unknown/The Unnamed, Sana Musasama’s provocative exhibition of ceramic sculptures – powerful homage to the victims of mankind’s unspeakable inhumanity to one another . In a statement, Musasama says, “This work was born out of the devastation of the 9/11 attacks and the hundreds of workers and others whose identity was buried under the rubble, [...]







