Ideas & Issues

TED Prize Winner Karen Armstrong Launches the Charter for Compassion

November 25th, 2009 by Janera Soerel

Avaaz on Climate Change: Wake-up!

October 29th, 2009 by Janera Soerel

The Bilge Beast

April 21st, 2009 by Janera Soerel

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A Crime So Monstrous

March 25th, 2009 by Janera Soerel

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Global fashion blogs

January 21st, 2009 by Janera Soerel

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If you believe fashion editors, spring’s hottest trend is “recession chic.” During this generation’s largest economic crisis, magazines still face pressure to push high-priced goods in glossy editorials. But their strategy of merely mixing Walmart with Prada hasn’t sustained reader loyalty, or spared women’s magazines any ridicule (“What’s Wrong with Vogue?”). The Audit Bureau of Circulations reports that leading titles like Vogue and Glamour have suffered double digit declines in newsstand sales, despite shifting emphasis to more “affordable” styles…