When filmmakers Hannan Majid and Richard York shot their documentary about the lives of garment workers in Bangladesh, they could not have predicted the building collapse in Rana Plaza would focus global attention on the ethics behind the outsourcing practices in the apparel industry.

York and Majid's timely film,...

"Guess how much I love you?" I often ask my daughter before a good night kiss.

"All the way to the edge of the universe!" she might answer.

"No," I'd respond. "I love you all the way to the edge of the universe and back." We...

When the reality of what happened in Sandy Hook fully registered, I was filled with helpless rage. Twenty children and six adults were mercilessly gunned down by an allegedly mentally ill man who had legal access to assault weapons; firearms so powerful they allowed this alienated individual to transform himself...

I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence.
I project myself--also I return--I am with you, and know how it is.
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt.

--Walt Whitman,...

I learned the news one wet December morning.

My daughter had just gone down for a nap and it was time to have a cup of tea and troll my Facebook newsfeed in search of the spiritual aphorisms my Equinox yoga instructor posts after lifting them from...

I learned the news one wet December morning.

My daughter had just gone down for a nap and it was time to have a cup of tea and troll my Facebook newsfeed in search of the spiritual aphorisms my Equinox yoga instructor posts after lifting them from...

It is common knowledge that all addictions eventually hit a fever pitch -- that breaking point in which the anxiety and desperation outweigh any benefit once derived from the habit. My addiction to Facebook hit this place some time in February. I came to a point where the habit became...