Fair Trade Goes Chic: An Interview with One Thread Fair Trade’s Founder
July 10, 2009 – 9:21 pm | No Comment

A brief look into Mayura Kona’s start-up company would give Karl Marx goosebumps of excitement. Marx had predicted exactly how our attitudes and behavior around consumption would be affected from the dramatic mass-production shift circa …

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Celebs get together for same-sex marriage…and comedy
December 3, 2008 – 11:42 pm | One Comment

Stars like Neil Patrick Harris and Margaret Cho got together for “Prop 8, the Musical,” but isn’t a little too late? Prop 8 was on the ballot last month and it didn’t pass. Better late …

President Elect Barack Obama will be 44th President of the United States
November 12, 2008 – 12:26 am | No Comment
President Elect Barack Obama will be 44th President of the United States

He did it. He won. No prayer beads of mine were necessary. Although I give America all the credit in the world, there’s no way this could have happened four years ago and there were …

Obama Up in 6 out of 8 Critical States, But Will History Repeat Itself?
November 3, 2008 – 1:46 am | No Comment
Obama Up in 6 out of 8 Critical States, But Will History Repeat Itself?

According to the polls (as of last Wednesday), Obama is up in six out of the eight swing states, four which are considered Republican states. This is, of course, very reassuring, but many of us remain unconvinced, and at the least, a little skeptical. And rightfully so. After all, these numbers are based on polls, and we all know there are a lot of things to consider when looking at rapidly-changing numbers in this election. There is always a margin of error, which is usually slight, but the fact that a black man has already made it this far combined with our less-than-perfect-vote-counting history leaves almost anything possible at this point.

Sarah Palin: VP Candidate, Mom, Calendar Girl Model?
October 30, 2008 – 12:36 am | 2 Comments
Sarah Palin: VP Candidate, Mom, Calendar Girl Model?

If for some odd reason you haven’t seen enough of Sarah Palin, worry not—there’s a 2009 Sarah Palin calendar coming out just in time for the near year. To warm your spirits even more, there …