Today, March 25, is the national observance of Equal Pay Day, when women and men around the country recognize the wage gap between working women and men — and offer potential remedies to address pay inequity. According to statistics released in 2024 by the U.S. Census Bureau, women earned ...

This is a letter directed at Elon Musk. Dear Elon, On your media site, X, you posted: “My companies make great products that people love and I’ve never physically hurt anyone, so why the hate and violence against me?” Perhaps growing up in South Africa, you never were introduced ...

There once was a country that held the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal. In the interest of “peace,” the U.S. persuaded that country to give up its arsenal to Russia in exchange for “security guarantees.” Soon after, they lost their territory of Crimea with no intervention from ...

For 53 years, the Almost Home Animal Shelter has been a cornerstone of our community, founded by dedicated, compassionate local citizens to provide refuge for stray, abandoned, and surrendered dogs and cats. As an independent, private non-profit organization, we are committed to the welfare and ...

EDITOR: Super One recently made changes to its Community Dollars program. Non-profits benefiting from this wonderful sharing platform could receive 1 cent for every $1 of grocery receipts we turn in to the store. That doesn’t seem like much, but it adds up and can be used for the betterment ...

EDITOR: Dickinson County will suffer from Republican plans (21-6 in House Budget Committee) to cut SNAP (food stamps) by $230 billion and Medicaid by $880 billion so that the top 1% can reap a $1.1-trillion windfall. The Green Book December figures, put out by Michigan Department of Health ...