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  • Domestic Violence in the Workplace

    May 2013, Cosmopolitan

    Domestic violence doesn't only happen at home. It spills into the places we take for granted as safe—schools, stores, salons, or any workplace. Cosmopolitan investigates how relationship violence puts us all at risk…

  • Ken Grossman has built Sierra Nevada into one of the largest craft brewers in the country. But he still makes time to take a few of his 650 employees to lunch every week.

  • Why We’re Always Hungry

    Mar 2013, Ladies' Home Journal

    We’re a country of people who never stop eating. The freedom to eat anytime and anywhere is convenient, but it also means you may be mindlessly inhaling hundreds of extra calories without even realizing it.

  • Patagonia's founder still loves to blaze a trail. He takes copious time off, lets employees manage themselves, and tells customers not to buy his products.

  • When it comes to designing her $60 million clothing line, Trina Turk follows her gut. But when it comes to business, she has learned to be methodical.

  • She Runs This Town

    Nov 2012, Real Simple

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue isn't the only power center in this country. Some of the most important political decisions are made far closer to home. Meet four dedicated women—all mayors of small cities and towns—who are making lasting changes in their own communities.

  • Wendy Liberman Davis didn’t look the part. She had a great job. A loving husband. A happy life. But like an estimated 7.4 million women nationwide, she abused prescription medicine. Here is the startling true story of how she lost everything and began a long journey to get clean.

  • One woman risked it all to find love after devastating loss

  • More than half of all young women we surveyed have experienced abusive behavior in a relationship. That means someone you know is probably a victim—and “simply saying, ‘I just want to be there for you; how can I help?’ can get the conversation started,” suggests Esta Soler, president of Futures Without Violence.

  • Lives, From Dangerous Home to Safe House

    Oct 2010, New York Times

  • Michael Arrington loves breaking tech stories, but he’s not big on PR people, conversational niceties, or sunlight.

  • On a Wing and a Prayer

    Sep 2010, Real Simple

    The headline-making urgency of the Louisiana oil spill may have passed, but for the region’s birds, every day is still a struggle to survive. The National Audubon Society’s Melanie Driscoll and her dedicated team are their best hope.

  • Along with his sons, Jerry Murrell of Five Guys Burgers and Fries built a 570-store chain that enjoys a cult following.

  • Soaps of Our Lives

    Dec 2009, New York Times

  • Nearly 30 percent of young women say they’ve borrowed prescription drugs from a friend. The goal: to feel a little better, work a little harder, study a little later. Does taking a once-in-a-while pill work? How risky is it?

  • Debra Messing Finds Her Grace

    Jun 2009, Redbook

    When you've been doing the same thing for eight years -- like inhabiting the same lovably neurotic character on a beloved TV hit -- starting down a different path feels a lot like creating a whole new identity. Here, Debra Messing talks about the growing pains, good and bad, of her post-sitcom life.

  • “In 1981, Essie Weingarten boarded a plane for Las Vegas with a suitcase full of nail polish and a plan...”

  • A year after the Great Mammogram Debate of 2008, we're all still confused about when to begin screening for breast cancer. Redbook went to the best experts in the country to help you decide whether to start now, soon, or if you might be able to safely wait.

  • “It’s 10am on a sunny day in Seattle and 25-year-old Anna* is sitting at the end of a gynecological exam table...”

  • “Being outrageous seems to work just fine for Bob Parsons. He’s the founder of Go Daddy, the world’s largest domain-name registrar, which manages…”

  • Living With Autism

    Aug 2008, Real Simple

    “Isaac Law is sitting in the den of his family’s sunny Colonial home in Baltimore’s suburbs, flipping through a stack of sketchbooks…”

  • Mississippi Foodie Road Trip

    Jun 2008, Bon Appetit

    “I know I’d rather have a good-honest fried onion ring feel to my books than some kind of old fancy-antsy pate de foie gras feel, which only has liver in it.” Roy Blount, Jr.

  • Getting Her Life Back

    Oct 2007, Real Simple

    “The eldest of three, Sherri Walton grew up in Phoenix in what she calls a ‘normal middle class family’…”

  • That's exactly what these four people thought — until the day they found out someone close to them was being abused. The fact is, one in three Americans knows someone who has been in a violent relationship within the last year -- what they choose to do with that knowledge could help bring this epidemic to an end.

  • Beating the Odds

    Apr 2007, Real Simple

    “Certain moments in life seem insurmountable—the moments when you think, ‘I’m not sure I can live through this…"

  • “Our ideal world is a place where all women love almost of their bodies and rely on a few fashion tricks to deal with the rest.  But in this world…”   2007 ASME WINNER FOR PERSONAL SERVICE.

  • We Are Family

    Aug 2006, Life

    “One Friday afternoon in June in South Dakota’s Black Hills, five generations of the Springer family—originally of nineteenth century Nebraska but now..”

  • First He Built a Company

    Aug 2006, Inc

    “An iconic company in fact:  Viking Range, the economic engine of Greenwood, Mississippi.  And then, because perhaps a local boy has a responsibility to do more…”

  • Stay or Go?

    Sep 2005, O Magazine

    “Five women who thought they were stuck in not-great-but-not-terrible relationships recall the sudden flash that freed them…”

  • Lives, Runaway Bride

    May 2004, New York Times

  • Deadly Love

    Jan 2004, Cosmo

    “Friends and family say Lyric Benson was luminescent during the last week of her life….”

  • Lives, Balancing Act

    Sep 2003, New York Times

  • Grandparents to the Rescue

    Jul 2003, Parade

    “Stepping into the parenting role—again--isn’t easy, but nearly 2.5 million Americans are doing it.  For most, it has brought joy and renewal….”

  • Lives, The Guardian

    Feb 2003, New York Times

    Working on behalf of children, I'm always on the case — even if everyone else is on mine.

  • The Choice I Made

    Nov 2001, Marie Claire

    “What would you do if you had an unplanned pregnancy?”

  • Honor Violence in Pakistan

    Sep 2001, Glamour

    “It was a seemingly ordinary night three years ago when Zahida Parveen, then 30, was asleep in a room with her two small children….”

  • Stand In Mom

    May 2001, Good Housekeeping

    Taking in a teenage couldn't have been easy but I'm grateful she did.

  • Facing the World

    Jun 1999, Ms. Magazine

    “Just asked for the burned girl,” Bina Ahkter says giving directions to her home on Dhaka’s outskirts in Bangladesh…”

Inc. Magazine
  • Ken Grossman has built Sierra Nevada into one of the largest craft brewers in the country. But he still makes time to take a few of his 650 employees to lunch every week.

  • Patagonia's founder still loves to blaze a trail. He takes copious time off, lets employees manage themselves, and tells customers not to buy his products.

  • When it comes to designing her $60 million clothing line, Trina Turk follows her gut. But when it comes to business, she has learned to be methodical.

  • Michael Arrington loves breaking tech stories, but he’s not big on PR people, conversational niceties, or sunlight.

  • Along with his sons, Jerry Murrell of Five Guys Burgers and Fries built a 570-store chain that enjoys a cult following.

  • “In 1981, Essie Weingarten boarded a plane for Las Vegas with a suitcase full of nail polish and a plan...”

  • “Being outrageous seems to work just fine for Bob Parsons. He’s the founder of Go Daddy, the world’s largest domain-name registrar, which manages…”

  • First He Built a Company

    Aug 2006, Inc

    “An iconic company in fact:  Viking Range, the economic engine of Greenwood, Mississippi.  And then, because perhaps a local boy has a responsibility to do more…”

    Cosmo
  • Domestic violence doesn't only happen at home. It spills into the places we take for granted as safe—schools, stores, salons, or any workplace. Cosmopolitan investigates how relationship violence puts us all at risk…

  • Deadly Love

    Jan 2004, Cosmo

    “Friends and family say Lyric Benson was luminescent during the last week of her life….”

Real Simple
  • She Runs This Town

    Nov 2012, Real Simple

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue isn't the only power center in this country. Some of the most important political decisions are made far closer to home. Meet four dedicated women—all mayors of small cities and towns—who are making lasting changes in their own communities.

  • Wendy Liberman Davis didn’t look the part. She had a great job. A loving husband. A happy life. But like an estimated 7.4 million women nationwide, she abused prescription medicine. Here is the startling true story of how she lost everything and began a long journey to get clean.

  • On a Wing and a Prayer

    Sep 2010, Real Simple

    The headline-making urgency of the Louisiana oil spill may have passed, but for the region’s birds, every day is still a struggle to survive. The National Audubon Society’s Melanie Driscoll and her dedicated team are their best hope.

  • Living With Autism

    Aug 2008, Real Simple

    “Isaac Law is sitting in the den of his family’s sunny Colonial home in Baltimore’s suburbs, flipping through a stack of sketchbooks…”

  • Getting Her Life Back

    Oct 2007, Real Simple

    “The eldest of three, Sherri Walton grew up in Phoenix in what she calls a ‘normal middle class family’…”

  • Beating the Odds

    Apr 2007, Real Simple

    “Certain moments in life seem insurmountable—the moments when you think, ‘I’m not sure I can live through this…"

Glamour
  • Jun 2011 The Exact Words That Could Help a Friend in an Abusive Relationship

    More than half of all young women we surveyed have experienced abusive behavior in a relationship. That means someone you know is probably a victim—and “simply saying, ‘I just want to be there for you; how can I help?’ can get the conversation started,” suggests Esta Soler, president of Futures Without Violence.

  • Oct 2009 What’s She Taking: Generation RX

    Nearly 30 percent of young women say they’ve borrowed prescription drugs from a friend. The goal: to feel a little better, work a little harder, study a little later. Does taking a once-in-a-while pill work? How risky is it?

  • “It’s 10am on a sunny day in Seattle and 25-year-old Anna* is sitting at the end of a gynecological exam table…”

  • “Our ideal world is a place where all women love almost of their bodies and rely on a few fashion tricks to deal with the rest.  But in this world…”   2007 ASME WINNER FOR PERSONAL SERVICE.

  • “It was a seemingly ordinary night three years ago when Zahida Parveen, then 30, was asleep in a room with her two small children….”

    Marie Claire
  • The Choice I Made

    Nov 2001, Marie Claire

    “What would you do if you had an unplanned pregnancy?”

The New York Times

Other

  • Why We’re Always Hungry

    Mar 2013, Ladies' Home Journal

    We’re a country of people who never stop eating. The freedom to eat anytime and anywhere is convenient, but it also means you may be mindlessly inhaling hundreds of extra calories without even realizing it.

  • One woman risked it all to find love after devastating loss

  • Debra Messing Finds Her Grace

    Jun 2009, Redbook

    When you've been doing the same thing for eight years -- like inhabiting the same lovably neurotic character on a beloved TV hit -- starting down a different path feels a lot like creating a whole new identity. Here, Debra Messing talks about the growing pains, good and bad, of her post-sitcom life.

  • A year after the Great Mammogram Debate of 2008, we're all still confused about when to begin screening for breast cancer. Redbook went to the best experts in the country to help you decide whether to start now, soon, or if you might be able to safely wait.

  • Mississippi Foodie Road Trip

    Jun 2008, Bon Appetit

    “I know I’d rather have a good-honest fried onion ring feel to my books than some kind of old fancy-antsy pate de foie gras feel, which only has liver in it.” Roy Blount, Jr.

  • That's exactly what these four people thought — until the day they found out someone close to them was being abused. The fact is, one in three Americans knows someone who has been in a violent relationship within the last year -- what they choose to do with that knowledge could help bring this epidemic to an end.

  • We Are Family

    Aug 2006, Life

    “One Friday afternoon in June in South Dakota’s Black Hills, five generations of the Springer family—originally of nineteenth century Nebraska but now..”

  • Stay or Go?

    Sep 2005, O Magazine

    “Five women who thought they were stuck in not-great-but-not-terrible relationships recall the sudden flash that freed them…”

  • Grandparents to the Rescue

    Jul 2003, Parade

    “Stepping into the parenting role—again--isn’t easy, but nearly 2.5 million Americans are doing it.  For most, it has brought joy and renewal….”

  • Stand In Mom

    May 2001, Good Housekeeping

    Taking in a teenage couldn't have been easy but I'm grateful she did.

  • Facing the World

    Jun 1999, Ms. Magazine

    “Just asked for the burned girl,” Bina Ahkter says giving directions to her home on Dhaka’s outskirts in Bangladesh…”