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The recession of 2008 hit some states earlier than others, and the state we'd moved to seven years before was one of them. Oregon fell on hard times, my husband was laid off and he & I were struggling to juggle part-time jobs with caring for two young...

No end to tacky with Mango Mussolini US president Donald Trump fired the six remaining members of independent federal agency the Commission of Fine Arts, a group of architects and urban planners meant to review projects such as the planned triumphal...

We begin this Turkey Day with� Shaun Walker �of The Guardian speculating about the leaked audio to Bloomberg News�that U.S. special envoy Steven Witkoff gave “suggestions” � coached the former ...

I will be busy hanging out with family today. Rather than writing a long diary, I will go through my photo archives and select pictures taken in November, in various years and locations. Happy ...

In late February of 1933, a confused Dutch drifter named Marinus van der Lubbe stumbled into world history by setting fire to the Reichstag building in Berlin. His motives were debated, his politics uncertain, and his mental stability questionable. But...

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and FarWestGirl. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...

Maybe he’s going to replace it with mirrors... The New Republic It seems that bulldozing the White House wasn’t enough for Donald Trump. The builder in chief declared his intention Wednesday to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National...

7 years ago the population of Australian spectacled flying foxes experienced a climate holocaust. Over two days in November, record-breaking heat in Australia's north wiped out almost one-third ...

Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour’s Helping Humpday, where people wanting to lend a hand can connect with community members in need. Have a cuppa and join us.

I am getting sooo tired .. of intrusive pop-ups on every page I click, even for PAID subscriptions. I am tired of misleading headlines purporting to be about 1 thing or to reveal something that isn’t or doesn’t. Used to be called false advertising —...