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Kirkwood Community College continues their green initiatives. The school recently announced plans to create a “sustainability village” on campus. It will be used as a research and training hub for sustainable technology. The 3-acre village will contain three-to-five buildings, a small wind turbine, solar collectors, photovoltaic systems and geothermal devices. There are also plans to…

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Sketched by fashion designer Andy Di Dia and made famous by American '50s and '60s superstar Bobby Darin, this unique, coachbuilt work of autom...

People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries, but digital cameras have made it easy to share a self-portrait than ever before.

Gaza in January 11, 2009 from Flickr by M Mansour. By Ahmed Nehad / The Nation On October 6, blood, pain, and suffering in Palestine were of no interest to the world. They were too mundane, too “normal” to be acknowledged. Never mind that “normal” meant a Gaza that had been smothered by a 17-year Israeli blockade and a 56-year occupation. Never mind that it meant a Gaza where Israeli military invasions had become almost routine; with civilians laid to rest after every attack, and with en...

Listen to this week's radio clip about Fairfield's green efforts. What makes for healthy living? To find out, head over to Fairfield, Iowa where the economy and environment are thriving. This is the Iowa Environmental Focus on sustainable communities. In 2009, MSN.com named Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy one of the 15 greenest mayors in the…

Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, with thousands of rockets whilst Hamas’ troops poured over Israel’s border by sea, land and air, utilizing brutal tactics to clear out Israeli defenses and seize villages. Unfortunately, if recent news is to be believed, the tactics that the Israeli army...

Congress and the Biden administration’s abusive immigration enforcement decisions can have a profound impact on Native communities. There are 151 federally recognized tribes that have a presence in a southern border state. The U.S.-Mexico border wall affects at least 29 Indigenous communities, including the Kumeyaay Nation and Tohono O’odham.

Watch a video of FirstEnergy employees planting company-donated gardens AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, FirstEnergy Corp. employee volunteers are donating their time and...

The current war is the latest manifestation of a strategy dating from the aftermath of the 1973 October War and rise of U.S.-Israeli ties, writes Dan Steinbock. First of a five-part series. Dan Steinbock The World Financial Review  Roughly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War [or October War]