A Plan Colombia for Mexico
The only thing surprising about Clinton’s horrifying proposal to apply a Colombian model to Mexico is that she said it out loud, reports columnist Laura Carlsen.
Happy Birthday, Social Security
For millions of Americans, it’s the line of demarcation between sustainability and abject poverty.
Fatherless Children
Single motherhood by choice is challenging but hardly doomed to failure.
Shut Up and Eat Your Sugar
Manufacturers of processed and fast food for kids are throwing a fit over stronger industry standards.
Sugary Foods Industry
The sugary foods industry and USDA are joined at the hip.
Fighting Obesity in the Classroom
Parents, schools, communities, and experts all have a role to play in finding solutions to this crisis.
School Diversity under Siege
Separate still isn’t equal.
Segregation Ghost
The nightmare of deja vu all over again.
Show Some Guts: Stop the Cuts
More and more Americans are saying: We want to pay for the things that are important to us.
This is Your Brain on Pesticides
Research finds that consuming pesticides may make it more likely that kids will develop ADHD.
Tough Budget Choices
Non-security discretionary programs are being squeezed by our nation’s rising military spending.
Moving our Nation Beyond Petroleum
Let’s use the BP oil disaster as the impetus we need to really and truly become oil-free by 2030.
Child Hunger and Obesity: A Double-Edged Sword
Lax standards allow far too many unhealthy junk foods to slip through the cracks and infiltrate our cafeterias.
The State of Motherhood
June Cleaver doesn’t live here anymore.
Family-Unfriendly
Arizona’s new immigration law can potentially destroy families.