Ready for the ugly ties, silly T-shirts, and smarmy cards? Some of the stuff of Father’s Day hasn’t changed much but, fathers themselves have. Trouble believes that’s for the better. Some of us – perhaps older, and whiter – remember the old-school, Hallmark-standard image of a Father Knows Best-style dad in the media. We’re glad
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Trouble is all about celebrating and supporting women and supplying worthy organizations with the capital they need to promote equity for women and girls. We know that gender equity, like all justice – social, environmental, and racial – is going to be achieved incrementally. Sure there are challenges to overcome and, it is troubling that
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Do you know those video clips that start in outer space then move in, closer, and closer to earth? Picture it. From 40,000 miles out, the visual moves in to penetrate the stratosphere. You see swirling weather systems and the continents. You pass through cloud banks and come zooming in on a country, a recognizable
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Consider for a moment the serendipity of celebrating Women’s History Month in MARCH. Women have so often exercised their considerable collective power by marching for change. Marching for basic civil rights, for a say in their governance, for autonomy over their bodies, for fairness and equity. None of these historical efforts have been wasted. Progress
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During what has been called the #MeToo movement or the post-Weinstein era, since 2017, there have been an astounding number of influential men knocked off their pedestals. Most of them were brought down solely by the courage of their victims. It took guts for the exploited to tell their stories and call out their assailants,
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