Support Violence Unsilenced

In the midst of the lat­est chi­canery, misog­yny and crim­i­nal behav­ior that have been sur­fac­ing within the last few weeks, I wanted to make a state­ment lest I lose my mind in silence. I needed to recon­nect with san­ity, and with oth­ers that see the obvi­ous betrayal in these cases...

Home security tips

My sister's car was stolen. Her neighbor reports having to scare off some hooligans who were walking around, trying front doors to see if any were open. How do you protect yourself and your property from burglars?

IAmAntiViolence.org releases new video

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Tyler Clementi killed him­self. When I first heard about the tragedy, it struck me hard; it still does. It hurt my feel­ings that kids (18 year olds still count, I guess) could be so heart­less toward one another. It both­ered me that peo­ple seem to...

Señorita Ruth on: being Green

I’m get­ting tired of toss­ing stuff in the trash. Espe­cially as I raise a child, the guilt I feel when I toss out another plas­tic con­tainer or glass bot­tle is get­ting pretty unbear­able. So, what to do? There are sev­eral options to change your Car­bon Foot­print, even if solar pan­els...