Community articles:

Film: Bitter Seeds

Indian farmer begging Monsanto

Monsanto’s war against conventional farmers and other sentient beings

Agape Sacred Service Saturday

By Nicole Pajer Do you “Have the nerve to serve?” That’s the theme behind this year’s 19th Annual Sacred Service Saturday, a day on which more than 700 volunteers will fan out throughout the LA metropolitan area to perform a multitude of service projects. The June 23 day of giving back includes such diverse opportunities […]

Vegan Classic Cookbooks

The first cookbook I ever owned was Adele Davis’ Let’s Cook It Right, and to this day I still use some of her recipes. I’d been raised in a meat ‘n’ potatoes family, so many of her ideas were very eye-opening for me. I’ll never forget my first bowl of granola with wheat germ and […]

Film: Bonsai People

Directed by Holly Mosher Review by Jacquelin Sonderling How much does it cost to take a woman from poverty to a life of self-determination? Pennies a day, if you ask economist Mohammad Yunus. Yunas realized that traditional economic theory doesn’t apply to people who are so poor they can’t even meet their basic needs, and […]

Speaking of Women’s Bodies

Baywatch star Alexandra Paul helps women find a voice By Maria Fotopoulos International Women’s Day, Earth Day and Mother’s Day celebrate women and honor mothers—those we birth, those who birth us, and the one that provides for us every day of our lives: Mother Earth. So how fares the female half of the world’s population? […]

Who’s Your Daddy?

Anyone who has ever adopted a child can vouch for the multitude of hoops that must be jumped through, but actor Johnny O’Callaghan‘s one-man show about finding his son in Uganda — and himself in the process — succeeds in making this tedious process not just poignant, but also highly entertaining. You’ll laugh, wipe tears […]