The annual candlelight vigil to honor the homeless who died on the streets this year is scheduled for Dec. 20. Sponsored by local organization Straight from the Streets, this year’s vigil will be at the Center for Independent Living, at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Foremaster Lane. A list of those who died…
So my holiday shopping list got me thinking that some people might just want to skip the gift/proceeds thing (just trying to kill two birds with one stone) and go straight to charitable giving. So I’ve got a little list of causes (in no particular order) that I’ve been brewing for you. Like the shopping…
Call this the slow burn. I’m always a little on edge about what I call The Uterus Wars — access to reliable, accurate health care; access to birth control; access to abortions; access to the morning-after-pill; insurance companies refusing to cover birth control while doling out Viagra (an entirely elective drug, might I add) like…
OxFam posted this nugget and felt the need to pass it along … Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for Burger King earn 40 to 50 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, a rate that has not risen significantly in nearly 30 years. Workers who labor from dawn to dusk must pick two tons…
“Tis the season.” Or so it goes. Anymore “the season,” which is to say the mass-consumer-materialism-orgy that is Christmas starts two weeks before Halloween — if not earlier. Already, the big-box chain stores are launching their holiday ads with “wishlists” and celebratory “magic.” The whole buy-Buy-BUY part of Christmas is vulgar to me. But I…
I love this article from the Wall Street Journal. It basically says that Walmart is suffering as the market changes away from their grotesque model. Essentially, quality is finally trumping cheap for the average American consumer. We just might make it after all. — Emmily
If you grew up poor, like me, then this article will really resonate. And if you didn’t, it gives you a good idea of how important it can be for poor kids to get a little help from the community. Sometimes, one caring adult can make all the difference. As always, and especially as we…
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