Organizing

Interview With Dr. Ari Tuckman on Adult ADHD

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Paying Attention, Organizing, Adhd, More Attention Less Deficit, Add, Adult ADD, Adult ADHD, Books, Ari Tuckman, Hyperactivity, Inattention, Organization, Tuckman, Healthy Living News

Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., MBA is a psychologist in private practice, specializing in diagnosing and treating children, teens, and adults with ADHD, anxiety, and depression.

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I Ain't No Broken Window

Paul Boden | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Western Regional Advocacy Project, Human Rights, Homelessness, Business, Broken Windows Theory, Civil Rights, James Q Wilson, Ugly Laws, Social Justice, Anti-Okie Laws, Private Security, Civility, Sundown Towns, Jim Crow, Organizing, Privatization, Quality of Life, Business Improvement Districts, Politics News

These are the civilized people; they are consumers. They are us. The people these laws are enforced against are not us. They are them.

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As the World Turns

Paula Gordon | Posted 04.01.2012

SAG-AFTRA, one union, now stands where once there were a separate Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors. The labor movement is far from dead.

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For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede!

María Elena Durazo | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Ufw, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Immigrants, Pomona College, Labor Unions, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Labor, Organizing, Union Organizing, Maria Elena Durazo, Unite Here, Unions, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Latino Voices News

The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.

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Spring cleaning 101

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, Organizing, Romance Novel, Cleaning House, Clearing the Clutter, Lady Jane's Salon, Bookstores, Spring Cleaning, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Hanging Laundry, Maya Rodale, Healthy Living News

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure I love cleaning. Weird, I know. I especially love a fresh, clea...

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Holding on to the Memories, One Photo at a Time

Anjali Varma | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Photography, Parenting Tips, Parenting, Organizing, Parenting Advice, Photos, Parents News, Parents News

In this digital era, we all have photos of our children floating around on various devices and it takes added effort to organize and archive these photos. Here are a couple of best practices that I have found to be effective:

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Will American Anti-Labor Policies Infect Europe?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: T-Mobile, Organizing, China, Unions, Deutsche Telekom, Labor, Business News

I want to send a warning to working people in Europe: when you let your businesses save money by mistreating workers in other countries, it might teac...

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Indigenous, Queer, and Organizing

Coya White Hat-Artichoker | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Sovereignty, Organizing, Queer, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous, Gay Voices News

I have the honor of working with the First Nations Two Spirit Collective. We are a group of activists who identify as indigenous and are doing work in the queer community to create space for First Nations people.

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The Post 50 Plan to Declutter Your Life . . . For Good

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Julie Morgenstern, Downsizing, Declutter, Fifty News, Clutter, The Best of Everything After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Organization After 50, Organizing, Downsizing in Midlife, Organization in Mid Life, Decluttering, Organization, Fifty News

When I turned 50 a few years ago, I was overwhelmed by the stuff that had accumulated over the years, and I realized that it wasn't just physical clutter but mental clutter, as well.

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9 Common Myths About Clearing Clutter

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.16.2012

One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should.

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Make a List, Check It Twice and Have a Debt-Free Christmas

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Organizing, Credit Cards, Christmas Budget, Credit Reports, Santa, Debt, Holidays, Holiday Season, Holiday Shopping, Christmas, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Here are 5 ways to add a dash of organization to your holiday shopping to help you avoid the credit agencies' "Naughty" list.

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Death by Tchotchke

Susan Orlins | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Organizing, Parents Adult Children, Death, Adult Children, Hoarding, Hoarders, Keeping Organized, Organization, Fifty News

There would be irony in getting snuffed out by my stuff, since one of my biggest worries happens to be that I'll drop dead and my children will have the burden of sorting through everything.

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Company Clean In 30 Minutes (Or Less!)

Stephanie O'Dea | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Daily 7, Chores, Home Organization, Organizing, Holiday Entertaining, Cleaning, Entertaining, Company, Parents News

I love parties, and I like having people over. I don't really like pop-ins; it's a lot more fun to entertain when your house is clean.

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Ashton Kutcher vs. Owner of Denver's Westword

Nancy Cronk | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Organizing, Twitter, Massage, Personal Ads, Tweet, Social Networking, Domino's Pizza, War, Demi Moore, Westword, Sex Slavery, American Airlines, Escorts, Village Voice, Ashton Kutcher, Human Trafficking, Denver News

As a community organizer who values the progressive voice of Westword, I personally encourage parent company the Village Voice to be more discriminating in accepting ads for massage and escort services.

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WATCH: Netroots Nation and RightOnline Activists Join Forces

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Politics, Organizing, Video, Netroots Nation, Grassroots, Netroots, Beyond Left and Right, Rightonline, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Netroots Nation and RightOnline held competing conferences in Minneapolis this week, generating an unusual amount of ideological...

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House GOP Beats Back Effort To Strip Anti-Union Measure From Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Mica Provision, Labor Community, Politics, Politics News, Labor, Organizing, Tom Harkin, John Mica, Union Elections, Labor Aviation, Aviation Elections, Unions, Union Officials Democrats Labor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, House Democrats and 16 House Republicans failed to remove a controversial provision from the Federal Aviation Administration...

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White House Threatens To Veto Anti-Union Measure In Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Mica Provision, Labor Community, Politics, Politics News, Labor, Organizing, Tom Harkin, John Mica, Union Elections, Labor Aviation, Aviation Elections, Unions, Union Officials Democrats Labor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a big boost to union activists, the White House on Wednesday night threatened to veto a major Federal Aviation Administration reautho...

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House GOP Pushing Anti-Union Measure In Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Mica Provision, Labor Community, Politics, Politics News, Labor, Organizing, Tom Harkin, John Mica, Union Elections, Labor Aviation, Aviation Elections, Unions, Union Officials Democrats Labor, Politics News

House Republicans are holding a strategy session on Tuesday to chart out a way to pass language inside the Federal Aviation Administration reauthoriza...

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Labor Fighting Quiet Anti-Unionization Measure In Congress While Eyes Remain On Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor Community, Mica Provision, Politics, Labor, Organizing, Tom Harkin, John Mica, Labor Aviation, Union Elections, Aviation Elections, Unions, Union Officials Democrats Labor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While labor activists continue to stage a high-stakes campaign against the budget bill from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) that would s...

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Moral Budgets: Wedging Black Women's Bodies Part 1

Malkia A. Cyril | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Obama Budget 2012, Reproductive Freedom, Women's Rights, Organizing, Movement-Building, Pro-Choice, Children, Communications Strategy, Politics News

The 2012 budget is a a painful story. Where it cuts and what it spends tells the story of how deep misogyny runs in the United States. Despite high ...

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Nurses Lead the Way!

Michael Berkowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, Organizing, Healthcare, Politics, Politics News

Far from the fear-mongering catch phrases of "Death Panels" and "Obama-Care," there is a bit of good news from the trenches of the battle for health...

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The Fiction of Nonfiction TV

Susan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Television, Reality Television, Organizing, Labor, TV Writers, Entertainment News

Is plot dead? I had a recent argument with a playwriting student who thought it was. It wasn't just plot that was dead. She told me that the whole co...

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Cleaning Is Praying. Praying Is Cleaning!

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Organizing, Housework, Cleaning, Praying, Healthy Living News

I recently read a wonderful novel by a Turkish author, Elif Shafak, called The Forty Rules of Love. It's a powerful book, but one of the lines that st...

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Looking for What Works: Best Online Organizing Reads of 2010

Michael Silberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Clicktivism, Organizing, Social Change, Community Organizing, Engagement, Malcolm Gladwell, Online Organizing, Best of 2010, Best Of, Impact News

But behind the buzz about Gladwell and Wikileaks last year were some truly inspired commentaries that enriched the entire field of online organizing and digital social change-making.

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Are You Stuck? Lose The Clutter And Find Your Life

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Organizing, Julie Morgenstern, New-Years-2011-Resolutions, The Best of Everything After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Barbara Grufferman, New Years 2011, Life After 50, Inspiration, Healthy Living News

Before you even think about embarking on any of your New Year's resolutions, consider this fundamental truth: you can't move forward if you're stuck where you are.

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