- by Ellen Grafton -
On Feb. 27 to March 2, almost 12,000 young people gathered at the Convention Center in Washington D.C. for Power Shift 2009.
Power Shift is an annual event that encourages young people to lobby for environmental causes. This year, participants attended three days of forums, lectures and workshops about [...]

–By Ellen Grafton–
This video is adorable. If you didn’t catch it on YouTube’s featured videos, watch it now.

While I love Hammy’s organic nibbling as much as the next girl, I worry about what it portends for the organic movement. Once something makes it into the “cute video” circuit on YouTube, it’s officially become [...]

Can you imagine what it feels like to spin around at 30 times the speed of gravity?
Would you hate it? Love it? Puke all over yourself? Hope it becomes the next ride at Disney World?
Think of it like this: when you’re going around a turn on your favorite roller coaster, you’re probably going at about [...]

–By Rachel Kowal–
Flipping through The Onion that historic day in early February, I could not believe my eyes. No, it wasn’t a ridiculously over-the-top piece about steroids, kittens, or the inherent dangers of ketchup. It was an announcement about a Borders Bookstore event with the host of This American Life, Ira Glass. [...]

–By David Klatt–
Now that you’ve had a chance to sleep on it, what is sticking with you about Obama’s speech? As a recent college graduate, I was excited to hear Obama underscore his plan to help young people pay for college if they’re willing to commit a to a few years of national service right [...]

–By Ellen Grafton–
Did you watch that presidential press conference?
Nah, me neither.
And we weren’t the only ones who missed it—only 49.5 million people watched Obama’s Feb. 10 press conference. While the press conference’s viewership topped the American Idol season debut, it was a low number compared to other presidential television events. Clinton’s first prime [...]

If brevity is the soul of wit, then we’re the cleverest interns around. We were inspired by an NPR story, which was inspired by a Smith magazine publication, to write our very own six-word short stories.
Legend has it that when prompted to write a six-word story, Ernest Hemingway, the king of curt, responded with: [...]