We’re a generation of men raised by women. I’m wondering if another woman is really the answer we need. – “Fight Club” (20th Century Fox). We’re a generation of men, raised by women, who are then supposed to enter into loving, lasting relationships with other women. I’m speaking heteronormatively, of course; non-heteronormative individuals face a Read More

He writes on the YouTube description, “IM NOT GOING TO KILL MYSELF. I JUST NEED TO GET THIS OUT HERE.” How many more children are hurting and not being heard. What can YOU do to help?

Sarah Kay has been performing poetry since the age of 14 and is the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E. (Vocal Outreach Into Creative Expression), teaching poetry and self-expression at schools across the U.S. What started out as a way to encourage her fellow high school students to do spoken word poetry with her, turned into a Read More

- via BBC News The American South has been quietly ravaged by HIV/Aids, even as the rest of the U.S. has made great advances in treatment and prevention. As Michael Maher reports, the conservative region’s reluctance to speak publicly about the epidemic has hampered its ability to fight it. About this time every year, the Read More

It is December 1, yet again, and that means one thing: World AIDS Day. The day when people across the world come together in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to support those who are living with HIV/AIDS and to remember and commemorate those who have lost the fight. Between 1981 and 2007 more than 25 million Read More

- via NY Times Millions of American schoolchildren are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as their parents, many once solidly middle class, have lost jobs or homes during the economic crisis, qualifying their families for the decades-old safety-net program. The number of students receiving subsidized lunches rose to 21 million last Read More

With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, most of us find ourselves in full-fledged holiday mode. Regardless of religious affiliation (or lack thereof), the time between Thanksgiving and the end of December is usually the time when we are able to spend the most time with family and loved ones. But as we shop for presents, Read More

- via NY DailyNews Call me a party pooper if you will, but this year writing about Thanksgiving has, ironically, become a thankless proposition. The good wishes for readers and all New Yorkers have not changed, of course: They are as strong and sincere as ever. But the sad fact is that for many people Read More

“Every time you eat a salad, every time you eat a vegetable, you have to realize that this might have been picked by a child.” – Eva Longoria “In some countries, children work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week. In some countries, children twelve and younger pick crops. The United States of America Read More

Welcome to Sin Palabras – Thanksgiving edition! Yessenia Gutierrez, in Philadelphia, shares a glimpse of her new neighborhood.