Tim Shriver: Special Olympics Is A Civil Rights Movement
Last weekend, Tim Shriver sat down with the New York Times to discuss his lifelong involvement with Special Olympics. Shriver, who has been running t...
Last weekend, Tim Shriver sat down with the New York Times to discuss his lifelong involvement with Special Olympics. Shriver, who has been running t...
AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens. But all through the summer of 2009 came a ...
Kari Henley | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
As Senator Kennedy was finally laid to rest yesterday, the weight of his passing hit me much harder than I thought. I can feel the collective heartbre...
William Bradley | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Though a most imperfect man, Ted Kennedy made his choice over a life of ease, and America is much the better for it.
Russell Simmons | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Eunice Shriver working side by side with her husband Sarge Shriver on the now famous "war on poverty," which he began many years ago, is something that we should all be very thankful for.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics
With the de facto passing of the Kennedy's in politics, we have truly reached the end of an era. What comes next, it seems, is an age in which the operative question has changed. It is now: what can America do for me?
John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
Palin's vile claim that mentally challenged children would be murdered by the American government is not only ludicrous, it is a disgusting insult to Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
BOSTON - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triump...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
HYANNIS, Mass. (Associated Press) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics, was celebrated Friday at a funer...
Michael R. Gardner | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
In those days, mentally challenged children were largely out-of-sight, hidden away. The prospect of these youngsters succeeding at anything -- especially sports -- was viewed as preposterous.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
Part of Mrs. Shriver's public appeal was her personal authenticity. I often thought of another humanitarian in a hurry -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- whenever I ran into Mrs. Shriver.
Mary Hall | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style
At one of Schwarzenegger's victory celebrations, Eunice stepped onto the stage toting her Hermes Kelly bag; she looked like she was holding on to that bag for dear life, and I loved that.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style
Eunice Kennedy Shriver died in Cape Cod early Tuesday morning at age 88. As the founder of the Special Olympics, her style embodied a sensible, classi...
AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 09.11.2009 | Home
BOSTON — Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can ...
AP | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home
CAPE COD, Mass. — A family spokesman says Eunice Kennedy Shriver is in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital. Spokesman Stephen Rivers...
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact