Neighbor

Wilmer Valderrama Slapped With Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 05.29.2012

Someone just slapped Wilmer Valderrama—with a lawsuit! The "That 70’s Show" actor is being sued over alleged "loud and disturbing noises" that ...

When Life in a Subdivision Turns from Cozy to Creepy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.02.2012

Dr. Irene S. Levine

I heard a tapping on the back patio door. It was the middle of the night and my son and husband were sleeping upstairs!

Neighbors Rescue Burn Victim From Ravenswood Fire

Posted 10.22.2011

Two residents of a burning Ravenswood apartment rescued a critically injured neighbor during an early Monday fire. Nick Salazar, one of the two ne...

Neighbor Enables Aging Parents to Stay at Home

Leann Reynolds | Posted 09.19.2011

Leann Reynolds

Neighbors can fill the gap when it is too much for one person to juggle a full-time job, solid relationships with a spouse and children and the needs of aging and ill parents.

Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011

Jim Wallis

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

Have We Forgotten The Meaning of Neighborliness?

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Peter Block

What do you think would happen among our neighbors if millions of unemployed people ran out of unemployment compensation?

Grief complicated by the loss of a best friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, My best friend and I had a major falling out 4½ years ago shortly after the death of my two-year-old son. At the time I was so...

Gardening for Strangers in Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jared Braiterman

Spending several weeks in Tokyo on a business trip in 2008, I was startled and enchanted to discover its human scale and its streets alive with people and plants.

Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

This week, a group of more than 130 former legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, released a letter urging for civility and encouraging candidates, once elected, to focus on cooperation to face our country's greatest challenges.

Front Porch Forum: Connecting Strangers in the Neighborhood

Michael Wood-Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Wood-Lewis

In dozens of Vermont towns, residents are using the web to connect with their back-fence neighbors.

Controversy in Wisconsin

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

When we have controversy and conflict within the church and speak badly of one another as Christians, it actually turns people away from Christ.

Fatherhood: The Best Job in the World

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

My son and I got up early Monday morning to go hear President Obama's fatherhood speech at a Boys and Girls Club in Southeast Washington. W

Samuel Herr Murder: Police Find Severed Head

AP | ANDREW DALTON | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Authorities searching a Long Beach park found the final missing body part – a severed head – believed to belong to a c...

Sarah Palin Takes Up Fencing

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Shannyn Moore

It's been a few days since the Palins learned Joe McGinniss moved in next door. Love thy neighbor as thyself, then build a fence.

Pray Immigration Reform Into Passage

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we, the people of faith, will. It's time to stop playing politics with people's lives.

Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.

"The Big Dig"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Jerry Zezima

As a man who has been perpetrating snow jobs all his life (55 years and counting) I can safely say that the recent blizzard dumped more of the white stuff on my driveway than anywhere else on the East Coast.

Too Young for This: Certifiably Crazy

Alice Crisci | Posted 11.17.2011

Alice Crisci

Despite my life, despite cancer, despite over a decade of therapy and a magnitude of self-help books and workshops, I am still as hopeless of a romantic as Meg freakin' Ryan and as melodramatic as an Oscar-winning actress.

An Involuntary Lent

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.