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Cost of National Security: Converting Military Contracts Into Green Energy Contracts
Research Director at National Priorities Project, Mattea Kramer, and lead author of A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget, Miriam Pemberton, write about the cost of national security. According...more

Research Finds Retail Investment as Gauge for Teen Obesity
According to a new research co-authored by Michael Bader, an assistant professor of sociology at American University in Washington, D.C., communities considering bans on fast food restaurants in...more

Food Stamp Cuts: Same as Taking Food Out of Children's Mouths
The US House of Representatives voted for a bill, H.R. 3102, which would strip off nutritional assistance cut benefits to millions of Americans. H.R. 3102 is projected to cut spending on SNAP and...more

New Study Says Addiction Can't Be Completely Left Behind
A new study in Biological Psychiatry finds that once people develop an addiction, they can never completely get over their attraction to the abused substance. Krishna Patel at Institute of...more

Driving Out Homelessness
The annual "Driving Out Homelessness" benefit was held at the Kountry Resort Campground to add to the public aid that homeless families get. Homeless liaison, Linda Michael, hopes to reduce the...more

Homeless Man Turned Text Entrepreneur
Mark Hurley, once homeless, picked himself up from his personal calamity and reinvented himself as a tech entrepreneur. Hurley managed a horticultural business when his business profits plummeted...more

Local Farm Enchanted Innovating Minds Around the World
The Enchanted Farm, a Philippine-based an incubator-hub for social entrepreneurship, is also a home to a thriving rural community of former urban squatters. According to 21-year-old Clemence...more

Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders Recovery is Possible
When it comes to mental illness and substance abuse disorders, prevention is key to reducing such conditions, and individuals who have embraced recovery have felt its benefits. The Affordable Care...more

Roof-Sit Raises Funds to Prevent Child Abuse
St. Clair County Child Abuse/Neglect Council Community Roof-Sit raises funds for the prevention of child abuse. The Council uses the funds to incite awareness about child abuse and neglect and to...more

Social Enterprise Seminars Formed for Entrepreneurs in Blackburn
Regenerate Pennine Lancashire, an economic development company, plans to hold a series of seminars about starting a social enterprise. There will be an introductory session in Blackburn, which...more

Project Homeless Connect Offers Services to Needy Individuals and Families
Project Homeless Connect, a one-day event, catered to the needy by providing them financial assistance, legal help, medical and dental care, employment help and options to collect important personal...more

GP Co-operatives Transform Into Out-of-Hours Social Enterprises
When the new NHS GP contract effectively released GP co-operatives from the duties of providing out-of-hours services in 2004, most co-operatives dispersed rapidly. From this, social enterprises...more

AdvantageWest Economic Development Group Receives $100,000 Grant
Fletcher's AdvantageWest Economic Development Group will be awarded a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The grant is intended to promote small business growth in...more

Inequality and Poverty Increases in New York City
A new census data reads that there is more inequality and poverty in New York City in 2012. The New York Times' Sam Roberts pinpoints the most alarming stats from the bureau data: 1 in 5 New...more

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