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Letters to the Editor: ‘Achievers have been out bred and out voted’

Letters to the Editor: ‘Achievers have been out bred and out voted’

by Advocate Staff | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News, Newsletter

Stay Home From School Better questions for the article (“Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline: Springfield reduces in-school arrests, but is it enough?”, March 30-April 5, 2017) would have been: Why were the students arrested? Did anyone do the same thing and were...
The V-Spot: Our Post-Abortion Sex Life

The V-Spot: Our Post-Abortion Sex Life

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Dec 5, 2016 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, The V-Spot, Wellness

I got pregnant this past summer after my birth control failed — I got to be part of that lucky 0.04 percent of IUD users who this happens to. I got the pregnancy terminated and all is well. Or, I guess mostly well. The issue is my partner and I have both been having...
Back Talk: How About Some Decent Health Care Over Here?

Back Talk: How About Some Decent Health Care Over Here?

by From Our Readers | Sep 19, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News, Newsletter

Gratitude’s Nice, Affordable Healthcare is BetterThis past Grandparents Day some grandparents across our nation might get a telephone call or a note from a loved one. It is more important to focus on more crucial issues facing older Americans.Retirement and how to...
Letters to the Editor: ‘Achievers have been out bred and out voted’

From Our Readers: Praying for Bernie, GMO veggies or hunted deer meat?

by Kristin Palpini | Mar 14, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News

Praying for Bernie I am praying for a Bernie Sanders presidency. If we want our compassionate world to come truly, in our heart of hearts, then we say to each other we are ready to take the steps and say the words to invite that world. Bernie is the only candidate who...
The V-Spot: Who Do I Choose?

The V-Spot: Who Do I Choose?

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Mar 14, 2016 | Articles, Columns, The V-Spot, Wellness

Dear Yana, I’m a 61-year-old woman dating two men. One of them is a retired, 75-year-old secure man who knows who he is. The other is in his 50s and is still trying to figure it all out. Neither of them knows about the other one and live at a distance from each...
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