From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: John Pietaro
“ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO SING”–REFLECTING ON THE MUSICAL PROTEST OF PHIL OCHS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
Another December, another Phil Ochs birth anniversary. Wow, he would have been 69 tomorrow. It’s also time for the stream of annual Ochs birthday concerts which have been occurring all over the nation each December since the singer’s untimely death in 1976. The movement has not had Phil Ochs to call upon for a long time, but none on the Left have forgotten his impact—and the impact his music continues to have upon us.
IT’S ANTI-CAPITALISM, CHARLIE BROWN
Dear Santa,
I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want. Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just send money. How about tens and twenties?
…All I want is [...]
John Lennon’s Revolutionary Heart
In 1969, as the Beatles were in the process of going through a slow, painful disintegration, John Lennon began to loudly voice his protest against the Vietnam War and speak out in support of radical social change, even as he experienced the full wrath of the Nixon Administration’s ire. Twenty-nine years after his untimely death, Lennon's music and activism seem more relevant than ever.
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THE SPACE WHERE THE TOWERS ONCE STOOD: Recollections of the World Trade Center From the Inside-Out