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When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When grocery stores give you tons of cauliflower destined for the trash, you make soup to... 

Move over Andrew Jackson – one of history's most hailed abolitionists is taking over the face of the $20 dollar bill. The United States Treasury... 

A Texas judge is giving poor people in his court a chance to get ahead instead of facing a fate of either jail time or inescapable debt. Municipal... 

Millions of dollars in senior discounts are missed every year in America simply because people don’t know about them or don’t ask for them. The... 

If you've ever wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, this week is the time to do it. In honor of the National Park Service's... 

People can check out a lot more than books at the San Francisco Public Library — they can find housing and mental health care,... 

Nearly 400,000 Americans are about to get some debt relief on student loans they can’t afford to pay off because they’ve become permanently disabled. The... 

The deadline to file IRS tax returns is April 18 this year, so we wanted to let Americans know about the Free File Alliance,... 

The Walmart Foundation and the Aspen Institute last week unveiled a $5.5 million grant to explore business models designed to enhance economic mobility for... 

A decorated army officer is now officially permitted to wear a religious beard and turban in uniform thanks to a military ruling last week. 

A judge’s brutally honest speech caused teens in her courtroom to finally consider the consequences of their actions. Superior Court Judge Verda Colvin was lecturing... 

This high-end French restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio has a knack for serving up more than just a good meal – they serve up a sense... 

Kentucky lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for a plan that would guarantee free community college or vocational training to high school graduates in the state. More than... 

SeaWorld announced that it is ending its killer whale breeding program, and also for its last generation of orcas it will provide only natural... 

President Barack Obama signed a trade bill that went into effect in March which finally banned the importation of products and goods marketed on... 

President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. “Judge Garland has earned bipartisan praise as one of the... 

Virginia lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that will allow families to be able to legally buy medical marijuana for treating epileptic seizures in the... 

For the last six years, Renee King-Sonnen worked with her husband Tommy on a 96-acre beef ranch without much thought to any ethical alternatives to... 

After inventing email, he demonstrated it for a colleague and famously said, “Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on.”

After being cancer-free for nearly two months, former President Jimmy Carter announced Sunday that his doctors say he no longer needs treatment.

Over 50% of foster youth who age out of the system are unable to find a job. However, two social enterprises, iFoster and Doing Good...

Homeless youth are probably too focused on survival to make any progress with government or legal paperwork. That's why a group of young Milwaukee lawyers volunteered... 

Today at the White House, Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr. became the sixth Navy SEAL in U.S. history to receive...

Any veteran who wants a home in Connecticut now has one. The state has become the second, after Virginia, to effectively end homelessness among veterans. Connecticut... 

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