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America's Awakening: Choosing Hope Over Fear

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

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"That we are in the midst of a crisis is now well understood....Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land--a n...

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What Makes You Cry... Besides the Obama Inauguration?

Rob Kall | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

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I've been thinking about the tears of joy, that feeling of choking up, the chill up the back of the neck, of sympathy and empathy, for a few decades.

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Inauguration, Orange

Suz Redfearn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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I have no capacity for standing out in the cold. I was born in Florida. What was I going to do with my two year-old? All our babysitters either wanted to be home to watch the Inauguration themselves, or try to go.

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Obama and the Science of Altruism

Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Togetherness, Community Service, Helping the Needy, Emotion, Charity, Empathy, Hope, Children, Brains, Altruism, Helping Others, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Psychology, Obama Community Service, Peace Corps, Barack Obama, Helping the Poor, Giving Back to the Community, Emotions, Neuroscience, Brain, Martin Luther King, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Evolution, Politics News

Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.

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Together We Stand: The Inauguration

Joy Bryant | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

We all stood, friends and strangers, freezing and frozen, laughing and crying, booing and cheering... together. And that's how we'll get through all the mess that our country is in.

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Obama Fronts

Lester Sloan | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Barack Obama represents something inside all of us, something not defined by color or ethnicity. We look at him and see a fleeting reflection of better selves.

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Purple Ticket Holder: A Mom's Story of Heartbreak and Hope

Vince Beiser | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

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Unable to get in, I clung to the fact that whether she remembered it or not, my daughter will always be able to say she had witnessed history. It would have to be enough.

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Daring to Hope on the Washington Mall

Stephen Zunes | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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I was able to shed tears of joy on a number of occasions this Tuesday. I wasn't just relieved that a Democrat had won the White House. I was actually... happy.

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Selling Hope Instead of Fear:  Redefining Activism

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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We need to follow Obama's example of reaching across the barriers that divide us as a people. We must learn how to reach into our hearts and truly meet another human being exactly where they are.

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Hope, This Morning's Dream

Kay Goldstein | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living

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Hope does not wait for a sign./ Hope is the sign:/ Beckon courage./ Soothe fear./ Kindle passion./ Build resolve./ Gather every soul/ until we are a million strong,/ until we are enough.

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Obama Will be one of Our Greatest Presidents

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unity, A New Day, The Greatness of the Man, Inclusion, Hope, Obama Presidency, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama is consistent in the way he treats people, kind and personally humble. He lives by the code that those who lead must serve. He believes that. He lives it. He lived it long before he was in the public eye.

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Hope?: Learning to Trust Again in a Post-Bush Traumatic World

Kelly Carlin-McCall | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Grief, Obama, Healing, Hope, America, Ptsd, Bush, Politics News

There is this thing called learned helplessness, and I hope that I, and this country, have not been pushed too far over the edge with chronic trauma to recover from it.

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Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

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The Crash of Flight 1549: Maybe the Best Metaphor for 2009 We Could Hope For

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home

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Maybe the story of this jet crash is exactly the real life fable we needed seared into our nation's consciousness. What if yesterday's "miracle" was a perfect metaphor for 2009?

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Our Hope in Obama, Our Hearts to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jack Healey | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

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We miss Dr Martin Luther King, Jr each day. His day, our day, asks each of us to stand up for decency and justice and non violence in our time, in our community, in our family, and in our world.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Why the Obama Administration Must Appoint an NIH Director Committed to Cures

Lou Weisbach | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

There must be a place in the NIH where the discovery of knowledge is focused on preventing or curing the diseases of our loved ones.

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The Changing Face of Service

Desmond Tutu | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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At a time when the global economic landscape looks so bleak, it's especially fortunate that non-governmental organizations like the Clinton Foundation are going where governments can't go to bring hope.

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Why and How President Obama Will Succeed Beyond Our Wildest Dreams

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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This President has the backing of the frightened majority of Americans. We are ready to do whatever it takes to help our new President do whatever it takes to save us.

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2008: The Year of Audacity

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 02.04.2009 | Living

We now have something outside ourselves to struggle against. A very real and tangible angst.

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Resolution for Evolution

Liane Weintraub | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living

Read More: New Years, Change, Hope, Resolutions, 2009, Happiness, Life, New Years Eve, Relationships, Inciting Change, New Years Resolution, Gandhi, Recession, Positive Thinking, New Years 2009, Financial Crisis, Living News

Since I've been an adult, I cannot think of a New Year that's been so universally anticipated... longed for, really.

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10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2009 and 3 Reasons to be Terrified

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

We humans have the free will to make choices that assure our collective survival, or do otherwise. We have the creativity and intelligence to build on the best possibilities while averting the worst.

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You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared

Val Strange | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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The cancer of our sick economy already metastasized to the bone, but analysts are hard-pressed to diagnose the current conditions akin to the Great Depression.

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Blessings of the Season

Alfred Gingold | Posted 01.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Change, Holiday Season, Hope, Election Day, Holiday Season Commentary, November 5th, November 4, Barack Obama, Happiness, Voting, Style News

I am aware that the world outlook has, by most measures, deteriorated since Nov. 4th. But the light at the end of the tunnel shines on.

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Ebenezer Scrooge - Hope, Redemption and the 2008 Election

Paula B. Mays | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

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The election of Obama also offers a chance for redemption: redemption from allowing unprovoked warfare, tacitly accepting torture, and permitting a denegation of our civil rights.

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I Voted (Twice) for Obama, and Apparently I Lost

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.

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