I really got some Earth Day inspiration from this video on “eco-equity,” a call to transform the “pollution-based economy” of the last century into a “sustainable, green, and clean” economy that creates jobs–particularly in urban areas where low-income people want to work, they want to breathe, and they don’t want to have to trade in…

Stephen Hawking, the mathematician and physicist famous for his work on black holes, is reportedly hospitalized with a chest infection and is very seriously ill, according to the Associated Press.  Though I admit to understanding very little of his work, I admire Hawking very much.  He has devoted his life to finding a “unified theory,”…

What makes you choose one particular brand of cosmetics over another?  Price?  Scent?  Ability to soften hair and clear skin?  Similarity to what your mother used?  There are so many reasons–and a growing one is, “Will not kill me.” It’s a fine line between feeling paranoid that products are out to get you and getting…

I didn’t get down to watch the Boston Marathon today, as I have in past years when friends have run or I was just hungry for a little vicarious “wow, that’s amazing.”  But there’s something electric about the day, even if you’re just watching updates online or remembering in passing, “hey, it’s Marathon Monday!” To…

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