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Gallup: Small Business Hiring Intentions Decrease Significantly

“I’m ready to celebrate,” Matthew Clough said, reflecting back on a year that began with no guarantees. Eleven months ago, Clough founded Stone + Cloth, a socially-motivated backpack company based

By Kate Morris

/ December 13, 2012

Gallup: Small Business Hiring Intentions Decrease Significantly

East Coast Still Feeling Hurricane Sandy's Destruction

Credit: Kate Morris It has been over two weeks since Hurricane Sandy rolled into the New York tri-state area, and the eastern seaboard is slowly coming back to life. Power

By Kate Morris

/ November 16, 2012

East Coast Still Feeling Hurricane Sandy's Destruction

Google Reports: Government Surveillance on the Rise

Credit: Digital Trends After the focus on President Obama’s election subsided, global media turned its attention to another scandal within the halls of American government. The extramarital debacle of

By Kate Morris

/ November 15, 2012

Google Reports: Government Surveillance on the Rise

Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad, isn’t Going Anywhere

In an exclusive interview with Russia Today television in Damascus on Friday, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, told reporters he has no plans to step down from his post – despite

By Kate Morris

/ November 12, 2012

Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad, isn’t Going Anywhere

On the Eve of Obama’s Victory, Manning Announces Plea Bargain

Credit: ABC In the wee hours last Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney faced somber on-lookers in Boston. The GOP candidate gave the president his blessing, and receded from the race. It

By Kate Morris

/ November 11, 2012

On the Eve of Obama’s Victory, Manning Announces Plea Bargain

The History of Election Day and Why We Vote on Tuesday

Every four years, on the Tuesday after November’s first Monday, American citizens will walk, drive, bus, train to their designated voting polls across the nation. Perhaps they’ll buy

By Kate Morris

/ November 5, 2012

The History of Election Day and Why We Vote on Tuesday

In Sandy’s Wake: How To Vote in New York

Credit: NYdailynews.com BROOKLYN, NY – They say only the strong survive in New York, and nothing solidifies the motto more than the events that have occurred over the past seven

By Kate Morris

/ November 5, 2012

In Sandy’s Wake: How To Vote in New York

Drug Wars in Mexico An Avoided Issue as Election Day Nears

Credit: The Washington Independent It was a January evening nearly three years ago when high school and college kids gathered for a birthday celebration in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. They did

By Kate Morris

/ October 30, 2012

Drug Wars in Mexico An Avoided Issue as Election Day Nears

Missiles From the Gaza Strip Raise Tensions with Israel

Credit: TIME.com On Thursday Hamas launched over 80 missiles from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, injuring at least six civilians. Israeli forces retaliated immediately with air strikes, leaving

By Kate Morris

/ October 29, 2012

Missiles From the Gaza Strip Raise Tensions with Israel

11 Differences Between Primary and General Election Mitt Romney

Credit: LA Times On a Tuesday night in late April, GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, took the stage at Southern New Hampshire University. With his smiling wife, Ann, standing close

By Kate Morris

/ October 27, 2012

11 Differences Between Primary and General Election Mitt Romney

In Battleground Colorado Independents May Have the Last Word

Photo: Wikimedia Commons In a loft just outside Downtown Los Angeles, Meghan Leuders, is packing up her things. The recent Tufts University graduate is headed to the airport to embark

By Kate Morris

/ October 26, 2012

In Battleground Colorado Independents May Have the Last Word