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6 Ways Communities Put Health First
From play space for kids to AIDS activism: the fight against disease goes grassroots.
Notes from the Frontlines of Bringing Up Girls
What I really want to tell my daughters about autonomy and sex, in the midst of a war on women.
9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health (Without Joining a Gym)
Laughter, the arts, touch, sleep. What you can do in your everyday life to get healthier.
Detroit鈥檚 Good Food Cure
What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?
Taking Charge of Our Bodies
It's more than buying stuff. It means reckoning with the intersection between our humanity and the political and environmental decisions our society makes.
You Can鈥檛 Be Healthy in a Sick Ecosystem
New findings explain how politics, economics, and ecology can help or hurt our bodies.
Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts With a 鈥淰鈥�
The 鈥淰agina Monologues鈥� author on why knowing your body can shake up the world.
Deb Richter: A Cure for Broken Health Care
Meet the doctor who uprooted her life to bring universal health care to Vermont.
6 Recipes for Winter Wellness
From rose hip syrup to 鈥渇ire cider,鈥� natural remedies can help you fight seasonal maladies.
Ai-jen Poo: Organizing Labor鈥擶ith Love
Battling for those on the economic bottom rung鈥攄omestic workers.
An Insider’s Take on Restorative Justice
Forty years since prison, Patrice Gaines still fights to get free.
Humane Meat? No Such Thing
Should we eat animals? My disability gives me a unique view on the oxymoron "humane meat."
Temple Grandin on Thinking Like a Cow
Autistic scientist Temple Grandin thinks like an animal鈥攊n pictures鈥攁nd she's using it to get more humane treatment for cattle.
The Healing of Wild Horses: Our Truths Come From Tenure on This Land
On the Trail of Tears, we walked from one history into more difficult times, and by the time we reached Indian Territory, Oklahoma, none of our ponies remained.
Just the Facts: Should We Eat Animals?
We can feed the world and still eat meat鈥攂ut only a little bit.
Returning Grandpa鈥檚 Love
A family economy that doesn't outsource care鈥攁t either end of life.
鈥淚n the Face of This Truth鈥�
It鈥檚 time to talk honestly about collapse鈥搉o matter how others may respond.
Grief鈥檚 Hidden Gift
What I learned about happiness during my mom's last days with cancer.
Acupuncture for All
With increasing numbers of people unable to afford health care, community practitioners are making acupuncture accessible to everyone. Pamela O'Malley Change invites us to "Imagine acupuncture being the medicine everyone
uses and values."
Fighting the Cancer, Healing the Soul
The Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic provides all-around care including alternative treatments for low-income women diagnosed with cancer.
Has Canada Got the Cure?
The United States pays far more than Canada per capita for its health care services, yet Canadians get better care, according to various experts.
Health Care: It’s What Ails Us
Americans spend the most, get the least, and have no health care security. The solution is not that difficult.
At the Mercy of Strangers
What would you ask of the people who will care for you when you are unable to care for yourself?
Of, By and For Seniors: Japanese Seniors Co-operatives
Japanese families are getting smaller while the ranks of the aged are growing. A co-operative has stepped into this vacuum, connecting thousands of elders who have something to give and something to receive.
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