Am I missing something? Why are there such diverse opinions about the arrest of Roman Polanski? Whoopi Goldberg said “It wasn’t rape rape. It was something else.” What was it then?... Read more >>

When I see the ad for the SPCA on television, it almost brings me to tears. There are these wonderful images of abused animals in shelters with the voice over of the lovely and talented Sarah... Read more >>

I have always said if we survivors come forth and tell our story—reveal the truth of what happened to us—it will help people understand the realities of human trafficking. We can’t... Read more >>

I first met Jane at our center in Manila in June, 2007. Just one look at her and I knew right away that the sixteen-year-old had had her share of pain. She was shy, aloof, and quiet—afraid to... Read more >>

I dialed the number to Khin Ohmar’s home on the Thai-Burma border with burning curiosity. It had been over a decade since I spoke to my old friend, a petite yet fiery leader in Burma’s... Read more >>

America’s on a yo-yo diet and it’s ugly. It seems there isn’t much of a happy medium between all-you-can-eat buffet lovers with bursting bellies and image-obsessed scale jumpers who... Read more >>

This made-by-women-for-women documentary, based upon Krasilovsky’s book of the same name, connects globally, exploring the lives of camerawomen in Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Mexico,… Watch this video >>

The violent images piped out of Kenya these days is a “disappointment of such great proportion” to Stephen Seda, a native of Mombasa and Nairobi who has spent most of his adult life in... Read more >>

After two decades of research, computer modeling, and miles of ancient glaciers melting away, most scientists around the world agree that human behavior is causing global warming and it is happening… Watch this video >>

The Resident reads passages from Kurt Vonnegut’s last book, A Man Without A Country, which deal with the climate crisis and all other things … Read more >>