by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 10, 2014 | News & Politics
If you’ve got children with special needs — or know people who do — then you know how stressful dining out can be. Dreading your child’s next meltdown while trying to avoid the stares, the rude comments, and nasty looks from servers and other customers is enough...
by Elisabeth Parker | Sep 30, 2014 | News & Politics
The next time someone tries to tell you that “no one gives a crap about climate change,” show them these 23 amazing photos of the hundreds of thousands of people who came together around the world for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, September...
by Elisabeth Parker | Jul 23, 2014 | News & Politics
Think racism, white supremacists, and a KKK rally are no laughing matter? Folks in Bloomington, Indiana might disagree with you. It’s not that these Hoosiers cotton on to racists — quite the opposite, in fact — they’ve just found a unique way for dealing with them....
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 17, 2013 | News & Politics
When President Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage in his 2013 State of the Union address , he struck a nerve. Some feel it’s about time, while others think the $9.00 per hour he wants isn’t nearly enough. And, of course some would prefer we have no...
by Elisabeth Parker | Jul 13, 2013 | News & Politics
Way to go, Congress! Back in June, the GOP-led House approved a bill providing millions in farm subsidies, while snatching food stamps from the Farm Bill package entirely. Then, on July 11th, they went ahead and passed this farce of a law even though it heavily...
by Elisabeth Parker | Feb 7, 2013 | News & Politics
Yikes! Do the majority of Americans really think that the U.S. government is a threat to our freedom and personal liberties? According to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, the answer is “Yes” — for the first time since they...
