With Halloween right around the corner, you may have heard some of your friends and family discussing various topics around the holiday. For some, this might just be the best places to buy candy. But for others, there are a…
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October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. In the face of displaced pets from natural disasters, we wanted to highlight the ever-present need for loving homes. Were you born a dog person? Did you become one with a special companion along…
Today marks the beginning of Mental Illness Awareness Week. This event, put on by the National Alliance on Mental Illness — or NAMI — is meant to bring attention to the very real problems those with mental health conditions face. According to…
As cities grow and expand, an ever-present question in the mind of government agencies is how to allow for movement. Whether it’s between home and work, school and the doctor, the ability to move around a city matters. The state…
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the biggest specters looming large in minds as the years pass. In a recent survey, 62 percent of people were worried that they would develop the condition in their lifetime. The National Institute on Aging,…
Implemented in 1966 by UNESCO, September 8th is International Literacy Day. Literacy advocacy groups have long worked to increase the number of children and adults worldwide who are able to read, write and communicate. Though it may be difficult to imagine, over…
You don’t need to work at a big tech company to see the enormous discrepancy between women and men in the field. According to research, women make up only 20% of employees at tech jobs. This number is even more shocking…
You likely remember from history classes in school that women had to fight for the right to vote. This was true not only in the United States, but throughout much of the world at various points in time. While the…
When you think of humanitarian relief, what comes to mind? Is it the life-saving clean water brought into a community that’s been devastated by natural disasters, like with the Red Cross? Is it the medical care that Doctors Without Borders provides…
Think about the last time you grabbed a glass of water. Did you pour it straight from your kitchen tap? Maybe you have a purifier, or even one of those nice refrigerators that dispenses filtered ice cold water. In fact,…