No matter what age we are, the challenge of telling others "no" never really goes away.
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"There are times when I question whether I was a fool to walk away from a conventional career."
“What if we, in this neighborhood of physical and structural violence, look for the light ... and amplify it?”
For the sages of ancient India, sex and romance were just the first few steps in a more expansive process of learning to love.
Want to understand the science behind empathy? This quick video explains why and when we care.
“We want to show that faith doesn't divide Jews, Christians and Muslims, but instead reconciles them.”
Each year I take a week-long break from radical homemaking to take my kids to camp. It's never easy—and this year was no exception.
StreetToolbox offers new tools for the political communicator—from a remote controlled car that writes messages in colored sand to a kit that turns your bike into a mobile printing press.
What at first seemed like a disturbing reaction to an article was all about my kids finding something they could relate to in the story.
The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.
Mass annihilation is depressing, sure. But stories about it force us to imagine large-scale rebirth—and what kind of people we want to become.
As a mother, I have made life choices that can’t always include everything my children want—like hiking the Adirondacks. Here’s how I learned to overcome the guilt.
The experience of debt can guide us toward different ways of living—like having extended generations share a household—that are both cheaper and more fulfilling.
Concerned neighbors are a common bane of urban beekeepers. But there are ways to sweeten the deal for them.
Moments of sadness are inevitable in a life filled with deep connections to other people.
When You Live in the Local Economy, Musicians Are Just People (And Cyndi Lauper Is Coming to Dinner)
After getting mad at her daughter for handing hard earned money to a street performer, "Radical Homemaker" Shannon Hayes considers what musicians bring to the local economy.
Earlier this year, a 7-year-old girl urged the toy company to “make more Lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun ok!?!” Here’s what they did.
They call themselves "nerdfighters"—and they're unlike any movement you've seen before.
Artists from Seattle's hip hop scene—including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis—speak about music's healing power.
From Oakland to Brooklyn, practitioners of holistic health care are working to make their services affordable for all.
On Sunday, there is a break in the rain. There is a lot we could be doing in that break: painting beehives, knocking back the weeds around the grapes and
A program called the Walking School Bus provides kids an easy way to get regular exercise while getting to know their neighborhood.
In Angelou’s poem “A Brave and Startling Truth,” we can sense the poet’s yearning for a more peaceful and loving future.
The PBS classic, which taught a love of books to generations of kids, will be coming back in an online version.
A midnight run-in with a spiny interloper forced me to re-evaluate my priorities.
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