Moving Day!

We are excited to announce the launch of our new site, the ProgressiveKid Reader, a thematic online experience for progressive kids, parents, and teachers. We’re migrating everything from On a Ledge to the Reader where you can expect the same quality writing and deep thinking with the added benefits of

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2. Unite

As every former U.S. schoolkid knows, the flag bears the words Unite, or Die (or in another version Join, or Die). I guess it was that kind of ultimatum that the colonists, who were the original independents having left their motherland for freedom of many varieties, needed in order to combine forces and interests.

1. Walk

If you didn’t ace this test, gently put down your Wii console and head outside. If you’re lucky enough to have a place to walk once you get out there, then start walking. If you don’t have a sidewalk or a quiet road or a path, then carefully dodge the Hummers, Minivans, and Hemis whizzing down the six lane roads that surround you all the way to City Hall and demand something better.

Moving into Green

what I mean is that I’m not interested in talking about taking your cloth tote to the supermarket or using the other side of the piece of paper. That stuff is good, but it’s like blowing into a fan. What I’m talking about is complete rehabilitation. From flat on our face to remotion. I’m talking about saving ourselves–not our lifestyles but our lives.

Home Turf Disadvantage

If the threats of cancer and more toxic runoff into waterways are not enough reason to get people to reject artificial turf, perhaps a flesh-eating bacteria known as MRSA will do the trick.