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When Your Feet Burn

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Stefan Aschan

Unless there is something wrong with our feet, we don't pay attention, yet you should. Try these strategies!

You Can't Build a New Foundation with Dirty Energy

Billy Parish | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Billy Parish

"New Foundation" is a good term, capturing both the unsustainable foundation of our past economic growth and framing out the kind of economy we need to build for the long-term.

Blacks and Latinos Barely Afloat During Recession: With High Rates of Unemployment, Obama's Recovery Plan Not Enough

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
C. Nicole Mason

In order to cut the unemployment rate in those communities to the projected national rate of 6.5 percent, an additional 1.7 million jobs would have to be created and go directly to Blacks and Latinos by 2010.

Seven Friendship Recovery Affirmations

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Most friendships don't last forever. If you are reeling from a failed friendship or one that seemed to drift apart, here are some thoughts to help you get over the hurt.

Held Hostage -- By Your House

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Manisha Thakor

Most Americans do not know the answer to this simple but powerful question -- "how much is a house can I afford?"

Recovering From Exercise with Food?

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Stefan Aschan

Don't wait after a workout to eat. To help your muscles recover and be ready for your next productive workout, implement the strategy of eating protein and carbohydrates after your workout.

Size 9 With a Life-Threatening Eating Disorder

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Nicole Johns suffered severe damage to her body, including exercise-induced asthma, irregular heartbeat, and hypotension, and had to be hospitalized to be treated... while a size 9.

War Is Over (If You Want It)

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

The innate optimism of the American spirit is beginning to bubble. Enough of this gloom and doom! It's time to have a burger, down a couple of brewskies, hit the new ground running.

Follow the Fear

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Mike Bonifer

Do what makes you uneasy. Do the thing that scares you most. There, you will discover new worlds. Follow the fear. Out of it, you will grow.

12 Depression Busters

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Therese Borchard

The following piece is the most popular Beyond Blue post I have written. Click here for the gallery version. My therapist helped me to build a person...

This Just In! New Survey Finds Surveys Superfluous!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

According to my personal survey, conducted with the inside of my brain pan six seconds ago, 97.2 percent of non-stupid people have stopped listening to anybody's advice.

It's Time for a Federal Fund of VC Funds

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Kay Koplovitz

A smaller, more prudent capital access program is required for these smaller venture capital funds to continue to source and identify companies at the early stage.

Recovery.gov: the First Step Toward Smart Regulation?

W. David Stephenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
W. David Stephenson

If it becomes the core of an ambitious "smart regulation" switch, recovery.gov could cut corporate costs, improve governmental efficiency, and drastically increase transparency.

Study Shows Stimulus Will Fight Global Warming

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Glenn Hurowitz

According to NRDC, floods, droughts, sea level rise, and other global warming impacts will create a $271 billion drag on the U.S. economy by 2025 alone.

How to Kill a Green Job

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Glenn Hurowitz

The State of Virginia could be poised to take significant action to bolster the economy and help the climate by passing an energy efficiency bill.

You can Recover from Chronic Dieting

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Colleen Perry

If you haven't addressed the "why" for overeating in the first place, you will most likely go back to your old way of eating.

Where's A Good Earmark When You Need It?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

If the drafts of the stimulus bill are any indication, a world without earmarks also may be a world without accountability and transparency.

A "Bipartisan" Farce in Four Acts: Family Planning and the Stimulus

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jodi Jacobson

Governing this country is like playing Trivial Pursuit... if you don't know the answer to a question, just say "Elvis Presley," and you have more than a 50 percent chance of being right.

Tailoring Assistance: How Antipoverty Policy Can Address Diverse Needs within the Poverty Population

Dr. Margaret Simms | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Margaret Simms

f we are going to make a serious dent in poverty, the US will have to develop an integrated set of policies that address the diverse and interrelated needs of the poor.

A Recovery Package for All?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

Obama's press conference today promised a "clean break from a troubled past." Central to a clean break must be an emphasis on recovery for all Americans, not the just usual beneficiaries.

Living in the Moment

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Tian Dayton

What's the best way in times like these to stay happy, to keep from slipping into a dark and fearful place? Living in the present may be the answer that is staring us right in the face.

Exclusive: New York Times Reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis Talks Addiction, Recovery, Drug Policy, Obama and America Anonymous

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Rachel Kramer Bussel

In his new book American Anonymous, Denizet-Lewis gets into the heart of addictions across the country, roads to recovery, detailing the heights of abuse, including health problems, and lost jobs and families.

Why They Cut

Aimee Liu | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Aimee Liu

Frustratingly few media accounts of self-injury ever address the fundamental reason why people hurt themselves when they're distressed.

When Fear Takes Us Over

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Tian Dayton

If you feel yourself wanting to pick more fights than usual, avoid tuning in on what's going on, or if you feel frozen in your tracks, remember, you might just be scared.

Which Type Of Election Addict Are You? (And How To Recover!)

New York Magazine | Dale Hrabi | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

After finally pulling that lever in the voting booth, many New Yorkers are going through post-election withdrawal. How do you cope without your consta...