MR Original – Change Starts With the Heart

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MEDIA ROOTS- Recently, a man walking by my car inquired about my anti-war bumper sticker. After a short conversation, I learned that this 81 year-old peace activist, Chuck, spends every Friday evening on a high school street intersection protesting the wars. With a solid handshake and fist bump, he was on his way.Weeks later, I spotted Chuck at an anti-war … Read More

Activists Protest BP Sponsorship in Tate Museum

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CONSUMERIST– A group of art activists this week staged an unsanctioned protest inside the world-famous Tate Modern museum in London by pouring oil over a naked body lying on the floor. Wearing black hoods, two of the artists slowly pour the oil from gas cans painted with the BP logo over the fetal form of a third member lying naked. … Read More

Just Keep Going, You Got Nothing To Lose

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The subway, though surrounded with countless people, can be a very isolated and lonely place. In this video, Luke Rudkowski undertakes a personal project that starts with simply talking to the people around him. What do we hold valuable? What is life and love? What role does government and society play in our lives? Can we as a people reclaim … Read More

How to Design a Neighborhood for Happiness

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SHAREABLE– Biology is destiny, declared Sigmund Freud. But if Freud were around today, he might say “design is destiny”—especially after taking a stroll through most American cities. The way we design our communities plays a huge role in how we experience our lives. Neighborhoods built without sidewalks, for instance, mean that people walk less and therefore experience fewer spontaneous encounters, … Read More

Ellsberg, Others Arrested at Manning Quantico Protest

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(Video below) FREE LANCE STAR– Twice this weekend, police put plastic riot cuffs on Daniel Ellsberg’s hands. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 was arrested Saturday in Washington and again Sunday in Quantico. Ellsberg was one of about 35 protesters taken into custody for refusing to leave U.S. 1 in front of the main gate of the … Read More

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