The pandemic is not over.  Last week, with the news of the Delta variant ripping through the United States, I had to rethink my expectations for the next few months. I want to be less stressed about finding work. I want to travel again. I want to attend social functions again. I want to hug...

We are now experiencing two pandemics: (1) a COVID pandemic; and (2) a pandemic of negative news. Every day now we see negative headlines. Yet also every day, many stories about positive ideas and innovations go unnoticed. The questions we should ask are: (1) Why ...

Chester was 21 that morning at home. when he woke up, got dressed and went downstairs to have breakfast with his Dad before Chester Sr. headed to his job as maintenance foreman at Philadelphia’s Central High School. “Do you have any scrambled eggs left,” Chester asked his Mom as his Dad reached ...

I worked in the nonprofit sector for ten years prior to joining the effort of Occupy Wall Street, in 2011. After watching ten years of political maneuvering, posturing, and the peculiarities of begging the wealthy for financial crumbs, in the halls of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations ...

Doesn’t it always seem that when things get the darkest that the heroes appear? That only used to be in the funny papers; now it’s taking place in real life. The darkness I refer to is where we Americans find ourselves at this moment in history. We are pandemic-shocked, staggering from job loss ...