Everything You Know About Being in the Moment is Right. But do you know you know it?

Originally published on amyoes.com on February 16, 2016 By Amy Oestreicher. You know the Joni Mitchell song that says, “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” Well ,that doesn’t make for a very present life, does it? Creativity, connection, soul, inspiration…

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6 Awful Things That Happen When We Think ‘Good’ People Can’t Be Rapists or Abusers

Originally published on Everyday Feminism Magazine on February 15, 2016 by Maisha Z. Johnson and re-published here with their permission. (Content warning: rape, sexual assault, victim blaming) Bill Cosby: Responsible for creating iconic television, or raping dozens of women? Sean Penn: Exceptional actor and philanthropist, or domestic abuser? The leaders…

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Downtown Angels: Local activist completes MonOrchid mural raising awareness for homelessness

Originally published on Downtown Devil on February 5, 2016 By Holly Bernstein. “My daughter has a name and now she’s gone.” After receiving this Facebook message from a mother whose homeless daughter was murdered while living on the street, homelessness activist Jon Linton used social media to raise money to…

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French supermarkets banned from throwing away and spoiling unsold food

Originally published on INDEPENDENT.co.uk on February 5, 2016 By Matt Payton. ‘Supermarkets will be obliged to sign a donation deal with charities’ Supermarkets in France have been banned from throwing away or spoiling unsold food by law. The stores are now required to donate unwanted food to charities and food…

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