GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage...
Motherhood Revisited
GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage capitalism. Claire Kilroy perfectly captures the despair and precarious state of infant mothers [...]
The New Anti-War Elder Activists
Protests against the genocide in Gaza have become intergenerational on an unprecedented scale. When I marched against the war in Vietnam, a grey-haired protester was a rare sighting. Many elders at the time shared the view of my then 70-something neighbor who commented, “I’ve done my part. It’s up to the younger generation now.” [...]
Can Women Peace Workers Save Us?
Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. . . Females have more sensitivity for others’ pain and suffering.”——–Dalai Lama As we celebrate the holidays, “Peace on Earth,” is echoed in card, carols, and greetings we exchange, but our male leaders seem tone-deaf [...]