The Keep Hope Alive Project, founded in 2016 in Hudson, New York, provides an outlet for those opposed to the divisiveness and rightward drift
Category: Charity & Justice
A Local TV station that knows how to cover national news
I was recently in Albuquerque, NM and amazed at the extensive and exceptional coverage that one local TV station gave to the proposed Republican
Do African countries want your second-hand clothes? Yes and No
In 2016, the six-nation East African Community—whose members are Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and South Sudan—agreed to a ban on imported second-hand clothes
A Skewed View of Washington, DC from the Heartland
I recently had two experiences which crystallized why I think that so many Americans, particularly younger ones, do not understand the importance of the
Diaper Banks: How Congressional disdain for poor people makes them necessary
I’m sad to report that it’s Diaper Need Awareness Week here in St. Louis, and across the country–a program promoted by the National Diaper
A critical time for clemency in Missouri
The criminal justice system is, by the admission of many liberal politicians, in desperate need of change. Prisons are overcrowded as a result of
Addressing hunger: Republicans say charity; Dems say government
If charity was the answer to our problems, then there would be no homelessness in America, no poverty in general. We would have a
Life will be harder to understand without the Rams
Like many people, I have mixed feelings about the Rams leaving St. Louis for Los Angeles. In some ways, they parallel the mixed feelings
Americans are too charitable
You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a
You can be mean and still sound rational
A recent article published here on Occasional Planet stated that the Republican debates last Thursday night were not as much of a clown car