Monday, October 28, 2024
Latest:

One place where everything comes together

daily news source for women

Evolve
Confluence

5 Things to Consider on Your Next Road Trip

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re looking for a memorable vacation experience, getting behind the wheel and taking to the open road can provide the perfect opportunity to create your own journey and explore at your own pace.

When planning a road trip, the first step is choosing where your travels will take you. A destination like New Mexico, known as the Land of Enchantment, is a haven for the unexpected and offers a variety of budget-friendly activities that can inspire creativity and rejuvenate your body and mind.

Before you jump in the car and set off to make memories, there are a few things to consider when building your trip’s itinerary, such as climate, lodging, restaurants, activities and your budget.

Read More
Engage
Cindie Chavez

Keeping An Abuser’s Secrets in the Age of Trump

Reading Time: 4 minutes Gaslighting, keeping men’s secrets, and misogyny go hand in hand – a wicked braid that is essential to keeping the fabric of the patriarchy intact. Powerful men staying in power because those they hold power over are marginalized, hushed, dependent and scared.

These troubling realities have been on my mind because they’re playing out in a much bigger way. Now instead of an individual abuse victim keeping the secrets of her abuser I’m watching half the country and an entire political party make excuses for the President.

Read More
Informed
Confluence

You Might Have Missed It, but Our President Publicly and Proudly Announced He Is a Racist and It’s Not Ok.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Make no mistake, Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he proudly proclaimed his Nationalist identity. He chose his time with a precise calculation and laid public claim to that title for a purpose. It’s not a dog whistle when you scream it into a mic surrounded by the likes of racists Trump keeps company with. 

This is not normal.

In a week when the news cycle is dominated by a President threatening a nuclear arms race and multiple pipe bombs in the mail, the fact that our president publicly declared his racist attitudes might feel like a footnote. 

It’s not. 

Read More
Engage
Confluence

Giving for Good: Make an impact in your community

Reading Time: 4 minutes Inspiration to give back to your community can come from any number of places, from a personal desire to make a difference to fulfilling a graduation requirement for community service hours. No matter the reason or the origin, chances are strong that you can make an impact.

Giving back may be as simple as writing a check to an organization that works to further a mission you care deeply about. Or it may mean lending a hand to put on a fundraising event in your community. Perhaps you have a skill or talent you can share with others in the name of a good cause.

Read More
News
Confluence

CNN: Ongoing Coverage – Suspicious packages sent to Time Warner Center, Clinton and Obama

Reading Time: < 1 minute Suspicious packages sent to Time Warner Center, Clinton and Obama
Suspicious packages: Potential explosive devices were mailed to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George Soros, John Brennan and Eric Holder over the past few days.
No injuries: Clinton and Obama were not at risk of receiving them, the Secret Service said. The other devices have been removed or rendered safe.

Read More
Engage
Confluence

President Obama Delivers Democrats the Marching Orders for the November Elections

Reading Time: < 1 minute “This November’s elections are more important than any I can remember in my lifetime,” he said. “And that includes when I was a on the ballot.”

Nevada is a battleground state for Democrats this midterm election, with an open governor’s seat and Democrat Jacky Rosen running a tight race against incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller. And, as Obama pointed out on Monday, Nevada could be the first state to an elect an all-female legislature.

“This is not just about one person in the White House,” he said, pointedly avoiding naming President Trump in his speech. “This is about Congress and governor’s races and state legislative races…If all it took was being president, I would have solved everything.”

Read More