How Are We Going to Teach Our Kids to Be Balanced People If We Aren’t?

January 2, 2019 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Ingeborg van Teeseling

How Are We Going to Teach Our Kids to Be Balanced People If We Aren’t?

January 2, 2019 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Ingeborg van Teeseling

With a new grandchild on the way in 2019, I’m wondering how we good people expect to teach the next generation when we’re anything but.

Include Education on Sexual Consent in High School Curriculum

October 10, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, Gender, My take on ..., Residents by Ashley James

Educating both boys and girls about sexual consent needs to begin in high school, at the very least. Ashley James explains why.

The Daily Embers: March For Our Lives, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and College Basketball

March 26, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, Residents by TBS News Desk

Happy Monday? Over the weekend there was a massive March For Our Lives, news that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has gotten larger, and basketball games were played.

Arming Our Teachers with Guns Is Not the Answer

February 23, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Sean Davis

It has been proposed that arming our teachers in the classroom is the answer to the mass shooting problem pervasive in America, Sean Davis examines all the reasons why this will not work.

Graceful Sex: Clearly Stating What We Want and When We Want It

January 18, 2018 on Featured, Lifestyle, Loves and Lives by DeMisty D. Bellinger

The recently revealed story involving Aziz Ansari and “Grace” has us asking ourselves even more questions about sex, sexual (mis)conduct, and consent.

The Dangers of Groupthink: How Did We Get Here?

November 4, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by John Michael

In this dangerous age of echo chambers where people parrot the beliefs and views of others, John Michael warns against groupthink and how we might have arrived here. 

Writers Resist: #WriteOurDemocracy

January 17, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Travis Laurence Naught

Travis Laurence Naught read the following speech as part of the Spokane, Washington, Writers Resist event (one of over 100 held nationally) this past Sunday, January 15, 2017, cosponsored by PEN America.

This Is Not Normal: Resist

November 24, 2016 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by DeMisty D. Bellinger

As it becomes apparent that Donald Trump will operate business as usual (read: help no one else except himself and his own self-interests), it’s time to employ the GOP’s weapon of choice: resistance.

Teachers Should Never Run out of Giving a Shit

November 18, 2016 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Chris Margolin

“Confessions of an Educator” columnist Chris Margolin shares what it was like being a lethargic, first-year teacher to becoming an ever-evolving, more engaged and effective teacher.

Mirror Rather Than Spectator: Perspective on Teaching and Life

November 3, 2016 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Chris Margolin

“Confessions of an Educator” columnist Chris Margolin reflects on the man in the mirror and asks: are you being true to yourself and those around you?