Politics
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What to Do When the World Goes Mad?
I try to locate the balance between sorrow, empathy and gratitude, to allow myself to enjoy…
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May we choose to heal
Four years ago I wore white. My boys declined my invitation to vote with me; they’d…
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Where to find a muse? Look right in front of you.
Muse. (v) To wonder; (n) A mythical source of creative inspiration. For years motherhood was all…
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Enough is Enough. Take to the Streets. And the Voting Booths.
Register to Vote I don’t care if you love guns. I don’t care if you love…
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Savor Every Sweetness; It’s About to Get Nasty
Waiting in line yesterday at a coffee joint in my small-town Los Angeles suburban village, I…
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A New Message to the Little Girl in Nevada
I keep thinking about the little girl from Nevada who listened to her grandfather challenge me…
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Amidst the crushing disappointment, there was this ray of light: Natalie ran for Student Body President, and won.
To my best friends’ children, my nieces (and my own kids), this is for you. I…
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Stronger Together: Four Generations Cast Their Votes With Her
I am sitting in the “Bistro” area at my grandmother’s assisted living home this morning. Picture…
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Honor Harriet Tubman By Making a Better World, Without Slavery
As we turn our national attention to Harriet Tubman today, following Secretary of Treasury Lew’s announcement that…
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A Walk in the Woods, aka The Reset Button
If ever a political junkie needed to get clean and sober, now is the time. I’m…
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How Trump Inspired Me to Teach My Children
“Did you hear what Trump said about keeping Muslims out of America?” I asked my son…
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No More Massacres, No More Wasting Time
It has been a rough week. Emotionally, I’m spent. Our latest American massacre hit me hard.…
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Will Leaders Listen to Hungry Women? #Women15
Women are starving on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall. How is it possible that…
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#IWishMyTeacherKnew: Teen Edition
If you’re one of the sage people who avoids Twitter, you may not have seen these…
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“Have a Great Day at School! Don’t Get Killed, Honey!”
Am I a lazy parent because I sent my sons to school knowing there’s a decent…
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Yes All Boys, Yes All Girls, Yes All Women, Yes All Men
The “girl as trophy” trope is being challenged again. The tragedy in Isla Vista has made…
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“It Might Be Wonderful”
I was searching for the source of a quote I read years ago, whose essence has…
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Mother’s Day again: Vote for Wendy Greuel for Mayor
I’ve heard from friends today and the past few days asking — who should I vote…
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Grandma Power: Electing Women and Protecting the Environment
This week is the Grandmother Power Blogging Campaign, brainchild of photojournalist Paola Gianturco and writer/inspirer Tara Mohr.…
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“Biggest Massive Most Joyous Fiercest Action the World Has Ever Known”
Vaginas of the World Unite. I thought that might grab your attention. The quotation in the…
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Change the World, Part 2: Get to Work
I last wrote about how I’d take the inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on…
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Change the World, Yes You.
With Martin Luther King Day (a National Day of Service) on the near horizon, it’s fitting…
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Obama’s Reelection, Prop 30 and Legos
It wasn’t only the candidates who put on turbo-powered overdrive in the last hectic week. My…
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Fridays with Amy
My friend recently told me about her “favorite hour of the week” – Torah study with…
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Fridays with Amy
My friend recently told me about her “favorite hour of the week” – Torah study with…
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Occupy the Beach
My eleven-year-old and his gang of thugs are a bunch of scofflaws. Never mind that they…
Laura Nicole Diamond 