The American Independent
Lucia Dey, a caregiver and the owner of BeServed Concierge, a home-health agency in Northern Virginia, has seen her client list shrink since the coronavirus hit the United States hard in March.
“Things have changed,” she said. “We have been asked to stop coming to many of our clients’ homes. We are down from five clients to just one.”
When Hannah-Beth Jackson was seven years old in 1957, she was dismissed from Little League baseball tryouts because she was a girl. In response to the snub, Jackson pedaled her bike home and worked with her parents to create a petition. Clipboard in hand, she walked around her Boston neighborhood asking neighbors to sign her proclamation stating girls should be allowed to play baseball. Naysayers were plentiful — one person even patted her on the head and told her to go home and play with dolls — but at the end of the day, Jackson had a robust list of signatures…
Washington City Paper
The crowd moves as one multi-headed groupie, waving our cell phones and shouting, “Joe!” I’m standing on my tiptoes, aiming my phone in the general direction of the familiar gray head that’s making us swoon…
Whole Life Times
If anyone can lead Los Angeles to a more sustainable future, it’s Garcetti. The son of former L.A. County district attorney, Gil Garcetti, Eric has followed a greener path. He supports eco-conscious living as both a planet-saving measure and a social justice issue. He’s pushing to get the Department of Water and Power to produce…
The Beverly Press
Marsha Aizumi remembers a time when her sixth grader son could not stand up in front of his classmates without crying and falling apart. Today, at age 21, Aiden Aizumi is preparing to accept a youth leadership award at the Creating Change conference, a program of the Gay and Lesbian Task Force that recognizes leaders in the LGBT social justice movement…
The Beverly Press
Following the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre, an estimated 1,500 award winners, nominees and guests will take a short walk to the Grand Ballroom to be whisked away to the late 1930s…
The Beverly Press
While many college students gear up for spring break excursions involving beachwear and partying, UCLA senior Rachel Barton is preparing for a service-based trip to Israel. Barton will visit Israel next week…