Our modern lives sometimes have a hard time imagining the difficulties of other cultures. Young girls in Bihar state in India, one of the poorest and most populous, had a hard time going to school, and therefore were stuck in the rut of their poverty. If they walked, it took a long time, a certain…

Thanksgiving is the time of year when I am particularly grateful to be in the United States. As an immigrant some part of me identifies with the Pilgrims and I feel aware that no other country would have given me the freedom to be myself. I chose a non- traditional life and have made choices…

Conrad Murray has been found guilty. The media and others can now officially blame him for his actions in Michael Jackson’s death. We live in a system where when the jury speaks, that’s it. And yet we are increasingly aware that innocent people are in jails and on death row, people who were once found…