Essays

A Son With a Conscience

Amy Domini, written with Alisa Tang As a child, I saw how hard it was on my father, who came to this country in the 50’s when Italians were a scorned minority group, to be an unwanted immigrant. My American grandfather, on the other hand, was a Wall Street insider

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Back to Nature

For most of my life, I have enjoyed taking long walks by myself in the woods and fields. When I was a young girl, these walks might have lasted a couple of hours. We lived in the Berkshire foothills, so the woods were hilly and full of boulders. As I

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Beyond the Bears

The startling decline in U.S. stock markets is the result of long-term economic trends exacerbated by current events. The slowdown in technology spending, the unanticipated radicalism of the current administration, and reduced consumer confidence have propelled us into a bear market. However, a growing income and wealth gap and an

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Old Tree

Socially Responsible Investing

Excerpt from Chapter One The way we invest matters. It’s a small planet and there isn’t much time. Our pristine spaces are disappearing; our natural heritage of species is being decimated. Our rich cultural and ethnic diversity is all but gone, and vast ghettoes scar every metropolis. Millions live in

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