Hope

Pandora's Box: The National Equality March

Bil Browning | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Bil Browning

The LGBT community is used to being downtrodden and dismissed. Prejudice, animosity, and apartheid flew out of Pandora's Box long ago.

'Surprise!' An Angel In Queens, NY Follow-Up--The Gift That Keeps On Giving (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Toan Lam

I hopped a flight to New York this weekend to shoot a follow-up on Jorge Munoz's story on GoInspireGo.com. Journalism got really personal and emotiona...

Getting Into My Pants - Weight Loss Solutions with Dr. Leslie Van Romer

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

Since I was a young girl I have had an issue with my weight. Although I've never been more than 25 pounds overweight other than when I was pregnant, I've never been thin either. More importantly, no matter if it was up or down, I've always felt fat, even when I wasn't.

An Angel In Queens, New York: School Bus Driver Responsible For 70,000 Hot Meals And Counting...(Video)

Toan Lam | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living


Toan Lam

Every single night at 9:30pm, for the past four years, Munoz and his family have been delivering 120 to 140 home cooked meals to those in need, which he calls his "second job" every day.

5 Amazing Lessons I've Learned About Perseverance

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living


Carolyn Rubenstein

It may seem trite, but my personal reminder in this endeavor is really quite simple: Ignore the Rain. Look for the Rainbow.

How To Nourish The Spirit Of Youth In You

Anne Naylor | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

Duke Orsino: If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. Twelfth Night Ac...

When Your Sibling Dies

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

I lost my Mom when I was seven so I have known since then, just how disorderly life can be. She was there one day and gone the next.

She's Out There! Her Name is Kara Silverman!

Amy Sewell | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Amy Sewell

As a country, we have grown up, adapted to the ever changing world, and begun to take responsibility for our role in its current state.

Obama: Is it Time to Give Up? (Part III of a Series)

Peter Clothier | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Peter Clothier

I have watched with increasing dismay as "the system" manages to re-establish itself after the ripple of the Obama election.

The Power of Yes

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living


Robyn O'Brien

In a world full of "don't"/ Full of "shouldn't" and "won't"/ It is easy to fear/ When that's all that we hear.

Goodbye/Hello 11 "Iran's Clerics Give Green Ray Of Light And Hope To Opposition"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Patt Cottingham

There is clear evidence that within the Islamic republic there is a growing movement away from the denial of a people's rights toward transparency and truth.

By The End Of The Day, What Would You Wish To Happen?

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living


Last week, I posted the Brooklyn video from Fifty People, One Question, a straightforward, but remarkably vivid series of video interviews produced by...

How To Live On $0 A Day: Taking Pleasure In The Little Things -- A Pep Talk

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy


Lesley Stern

My mind raced darkly as I approached the car. I thought to myself, 'Dear God, if I just got a $40 parking ticket in order to get free samples of Fiber One cereal, shoot me now. I'm going to be so poor, I'll have to eat the Fiber One. Why me? Life is so freaking unfair I don't think I can bear another minute. I hate Fiber One.'

It's All in Your Head: Who's Your Internal Director?

T.C. Conroy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


T.C. Conroy

When you step up and become your own A-list director, you will develop positive self-esteem, refuse to call yourself names, no longer put up with putdowns or hold onto limiting beliefs.

Expert As Frenemy: Notes On The New Yorker Summit

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Sanjay Khanna

Human nature leads us to turn towards expert-dependent disciplines to save us from ourselves but to what extent are experts -- and our own competence -- the frenemy in our midst?

Barack Obama, Here to Save the World?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.30.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

Is our first African American president something or what? Did you see him respond to the crowd and the crowd respond to him, at his latest town hall...

The Lexicon for Mutts

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living


Deborah Jiang Stein

If we look beyond the situations of the day, then what blazes is the human spirit, a glimmer of possibility for one small step beyond the color-coded America and the accompanying stains of our history.

No More Mandelas: What America Can Learn From the ANC's Abuse of Hope

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


Eben Esterhuizen

"Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up." This is what America can learn from South Africa.

Columbine Lessons: How we Lift up Young American Lives

Peter Samuelson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living


Peter Samuelson

The day after the shooting, we met at the Middle School to talk about what happened at Columbine.The violent, delinquent, impoverished, and self-admitted hopeless and helpless students began to show up every day ready to work.

A New Hope to End Genocide

Andrew Slack | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics


Andrew Slack

Does the Obama administration plan to commemorate the Rwandan genocide by letting another innocent 1,000,000 Africans die?

HopeOver, HopeLash, HopeBreak: A Lexicon of Disappointment

Naomi Klein | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics


Naomi Klein

Hope was a fine slogan when rooting for a long-shot presidential candidate. But as a posture toward the president of the most powerful nation on earth, it is dangerously deferential.

Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

Living In The Possibility-Based Global Community

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living


Indra Adnan

If we are unaware of the deliberate grasping and transforming of reality that Obama is exercising through the world's media, we will be constantly led by the images of Barack and Michelle "being the change."

The Personal Politics of Hopelessness

Ian Welsh | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living


Ian Welsh

Then there are a fair number of politicians who will tell you about the lousy jobs they had as teenagers, or maybe in their early twenties. But they knew they weren't staying there.

Connecting through Clutter

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living


Darryle Pollack

Every day I post an item, tell the story behind it, and give it away to someone who wants it.