Solutions

(Graduation) Hats Off to Mothers

Anne Mosle | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Early Childhood Development, Women, Education, Women's Issues, Mother's Day 2012, Solutions, US Poverty, Postsecondary Education, Aspen Institute, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Social Capital, Impact News
Anne Mosle

With Mother's Day flowers still fresh and commencements kicking off this week, let's turn our energy toward saluting the achievements of resilient student mothers.

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The Message We Aren't Getting From Our Politicians: Tolerance, Acceptance, Compassion and Unity

Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Unity, Acceptance, Fear Mongering, Solutions, Politicans, Tolerance, Compassion, Demonizing, Mindful Living News
Walter E. Jacobson, M.D.

We have lost our way. We have lost our universal identity as a brotherhood of people. So caught up in the distinction of skin color, races and nations, we have lost our true connection with God.

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Please, No Gimmicks -- A Letter to the Super Committee

Jonathan Cowan | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Deficit, Super Committee, Third Way, Budget, Solutions, Open Letters, Politics News
Jonathan Cowan

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction must approve a credible agreement that at minimum meets the committee's mission to achieve $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction without resorting to gimmicks or budgetary sleights of hand.

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When's the Best Time to Create a New Culture?

Susan Seitel | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Task Force, Focus Groups, Workplace Flexibility, Workplace, Solutions, Economy, Culture, Transformation, Business News
Susan Seitel

We've been concentrating lately on figuring out the best way to beat tough times. And suddenly it's gotten crystal clear. This is the time for transfo...

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National Debt: Still Broken, How to Fix It

Stuart Diamond | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Mistakes, Negotiation, Debt, Congress, Obama, Solutions, Budget, Stock Market, Politics News
Stuart Diamond

The more than 500 point drop in the stock market on Thursday shows that neither the public nor investors think lawmakers in Washington have developed a process or the details necessary to solve the national debt crisis.

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Homelessness Myth #16: Helping Infantilizes Homeless People

Christine Schanes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine Schanes, Myths, Solutions, Helping the Homeless People, Homelessness, Impact News
Christine Schanes

The concepts that are being confused in this myth are the concepts of "helping" another person versus "rescuing" another person. It is important to understand the practical implications of these concepts.

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Why I Serve

Stephen Salinas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City Year, Education, Hope, Solutions, American Dream, Service, City Year Los Angeles, High School Dropouts, Education News
Stephen Salinas

At 21, after becoming the first in my family to graduate from college, I decided to dedicate a year of my life to serving my community.

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Innovation Crisis in Black America Pt. 4: 20th vs 21st century ideology

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem, Education, Martin Luther King, Solutions, Black America, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Barack Obama, Black Unemployment, Business News
Mike Green

When unemployment in Black America topped 16 percent and Black teen unemployment skyrocketed to an outrageous 45 percent this summer, the voices of ou...

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Government Strangles High-Tech Growth

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Heritage Foundation, U.S. Economy, Solutions, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Economic Recovery, Corporate Taxes, Intel, Politics News
Ernest Istook

The CEO of Intel has joined the ranks of those labeling big government as the cause of our economic slump, not the solution. In his illustration, it costs an extra 25% to create a $4 billion microchip plant in the U.S., rather than overseas.

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Government Strangles High-Tech Growth

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Heritage Foundation, U.S. Economy, Solutions, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Economic Recovery, Corporate Taxes, Intel, Politics News
Ernest Istook

The CEO of Intel has joined the ranks of those labeling big government as the cause of our economic slump, not the solution. Paul Otellini says it al...

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"Solutions for America" Offered

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entitlements, White House, Left Wing, Congress, Social Security, Conservatives, Liberals, Solutions, Government Spending, Reform, Right Wing, Medicaid, Medicare, Barack Obama, Welfare, Politics News
Ernest Istook

Liberal critics will doubtlessly assail Heritage's latest 128 policy recommendations. But nobody should pretend that conservatives are devoid of good ideas. And America would be better by listening to them.

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GOP Web Site, AmericaSpeakingOut.com, Solicits Solutions For Nation's Problems

Roll Call | Jackie Kucinich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Solutions, Regulation, America Speaking Out, Fiscal Responsibility, House, Internet, Deficit, Senate, Kevin McCarthy, americaspeakingout.com, Gop, Youtube, Constitution, Republicans, Politics News

The new House Republican website americaspeakingout.com invites visitors to submit any solutions they believe will help solve the nation's problems, b...

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Mike Coffman Votes against Local Banks, Small Business

John Flerlage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Mike Coffman, Solutions, Community Banks, Independent Community Bankers Association, H. R. 5297, John Flerlage, Barack Obama, Home News
John Flerlage

What further proof do you need, business leaders, bankers, citizens and voters, that Mike Coffman has little interest in solutions, in helping small...

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Weekly Mulch: When will America be free from BP?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, Organic Farming, Boots & Coots, Sea Turtles, Hurricanes, Bp, Louisiana, Solutions, July 4th, Halliburton, Blow-Out, Filibuster, Walruses, Climate Change Legislation, Alternet, Recovery Plan, Usda, Ips, Independence Day, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Mother Jones, Washington, g20, Energy Independence, Deepwater Horizon, Sen John Kerry, Octopus Metaphors, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a ...

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Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Glenn Close, Statistics, Review, Travelogue, Montage, Agriculture, Tribal, Green, Movie, Eco, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Music, Animals, Consumption, Imagery, Countries, Urban, Images, Pace, Friday, Grit, Balance, Nations, Helicopter, Dubai, Earth, World, Solutions, Optimism, Production, Planet, Film, Offshore, Method, Home, Las Vegas, Hopeful, Humans, Species, South Korea, Camera, Proof, Environment, Documentary, Artist, Fishing, Reforesting, Denmark, Meat, Wind Farms, Cities, Universe, Slow, Paraglider, Entertainment News
Avital Binshtock

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

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Five Percent ... just Five Percent per Year

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil Spill, Solutions, Climate Change, Oil, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Gulf Oil Spill, Coal, Global Warming, Green News
A. Siegel

Our combined energy and climate challenges and opportunities are incredibly complex and interrelated issues.

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The Latino Community Wants Accountability in 2010

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American People, Advocates, President Obama, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Solutions, Exploitation, Values, Immigration, CIR ASAP, Hate Crimes, Immigration Reform, Progressive Caucus, Immigrant Families, Demonization, Increase Tax Revenues, Latino Voters, Nclr, Congress, Level the Playing Field, Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, New York, Moral Obligation, Separation of Families, Murders, Lift Wages, Asian Pacific American Caucus, Dream, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Economy, American Workers, Politics News
Clarissa Martinez De Castro

The promise of change that energized voting and participation in 2008 is bringing hundreds of Latino community leaders to Washington today.

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Clarissa Martinez De Castro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Congress, American People, Washington Times, Separation of Families, Solutions, President Obama, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Poll, Immigration, Dream, Murders, Wall Street Journal, Haiti, Moral Obligation, Immigration Reform, Demonization, Values, Exploitation, Desperate, Nclr, Faith Community, American Principles Project, Advocates, Washington Post, Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies, Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Blame Game, American Workers, Immigrant Families, Home News
Clarissa Martinez De Castro

As if blaming immigrants for global warming, the financial crisis, and every other ill that is currently affecting our society wasn't enough, Mark Kri...

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The Arrogance of Fear and What to Do About It

Karen Luniw | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neagle, Success, Fear Mongering, Change, Fear, Solutions, Hope, Recession Fears, Business, Luniw, Healthy Living News
Karen Luniw

Whether it's a reformed health care system, a new job, a new place to live or to solve a business problem -- in order to get something new, we have to change.

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Shining Cities on a Smarter Planet

Samuel J. Palmisano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Systems, Solutions, Ibm, City Life, Space, Cities, Miami-Florida, New York-New York, Chicago-Illinois, Paris-France, New York News
Samuel J. Palmisano

The world's cities are the proverbial melting pot -- not only for immigrants, but for systems, blending them together to engender new forms of commerce, of culture, of science, of life and of society.

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The American Way of War

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, The-American-Way-of-War, Super-Power, Solutions, Afghanistan, 911, George W. Bush, President Obama, Crises, The Real News, Realism, Infrastructure, Education, Eugene Jarecki, Military, Dwight Eisenhower, Defense, Paul Jay, Over-Confidence, Iraq, Health Care, Police-Action, Politics News
The Real News

The American Way of War is Eugene Jarecki's latest book. Jarecki is an award-winning dramatic and documentary filmmaker whose previous film Why We Fig...

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How to Advance and Conquer in Any Economy

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sales, Sales Books, Solutions, Survive Recession, Economy, How to Survive, Business, Grant Cardone, Recession, Sell to Survive, Business Tips, Business Expansion, Retail Sales, Sales Times, Gaining Markets Share, Auto Sales, US Retail Sales, Business News
Grant Cardone

Now is the time to learn new skills and then master and execute with massive action. You will be rewarded, you will advance and conquer market share while others surrender it.

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A Solution To Holiday Stress: Rent-A-Family

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dysfunctional Family Holidays, Unemployment, Solutions, Holiday Stress, Happiness, Stress, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Let me begin by offering a hearty thanks to those of you who took the time to respond to the last three columns! Apparently, the subject matter struc...

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Adopt-A-Republican

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unequal Democracy, Gop, Solutions, Tax Relief, The Party of Job Creation, Working Pooor, Recession, Help Is on the Way, Great Depression Round Two, Obama, Help, Barack Obama, Fiscal Responsibility, Outsourcing, George Packer, Republicans, Great Depression Ii, Job Creation, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Economic Instability, Bartels, Politics News
Andrea Chalupa

I hate to say this, because President-Elect Obama is setting the example for us to be nice and dignified and stop all the political/cultural warfare t...

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