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A trend is starting in California that could soon impact the rest of America: crops are rotting due to a severe lack of workers in the field. As a result, it is expected that the price of fruits and vegetables …
Of late, my wife and I have been actively looking at where and how we want to live from now until retirement and then hopefully long into that next stage. There are a lot of tradespeople and others who will …
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One of the more fascinating experiences of my doctoral studies at Columbia University was delving into the writings of Richard Hofstadter in Shelia Kamerman’s policy class, particularly his 1944 book: Social Darwinism in American Thought which I found to be …
Capitalist economies work on the basis of constant consumption. To keep the wheels of the economy turning people need to keep spending money. So, companies need to keep coming up with new things for us to buy, new fads and …
Much of the noise coming out of the nation’s capital over the course of Donald J. Trump’s nascent presidency has to do with protecting the country from external enemies who want to lethally harm our citizens. One of the first …
The majority of veterans are able to transition smoothly into civilian life, find good employment and live normally after being discharged. On the flip-side, there are also a considerable number of veterans who find this transition to be a challenge.
The White House and many economists celebrated recent good news from the U.S. Census that real median household income increased significantly by 5.2 percent from 2014 to 2015. It was the fastest growth on record and much of the growth …
A Benefit for Kids Vendor SpotlightFCNISupporter Spotlights Every year at our Benefit for Kids event, we get the opportunity to connect and work with many local restaurants, wineries and breweries in order to create a wonderful tasting experience for our …
By Sarah Barr | June 21, 2016 The lives of children improved by some measures during recent years, but their opportunities still are constrained by persistent family and neighborhood poverty, says the 2016 Kids Count Data Book. The annual report …
