U.S. Representatives James McGovern (D-MA), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Tim Ryan (D-OH) have pledged to live on an average food stamp budget — just $3 a day — from May 15-21, 2007 and have invited other … Continue reading →

Hold your applause or you’ll be thrown off the property. That’s the message Superintendent Eugene White is sending to the families of Indianapolis Public School graduates who will attend this year’s commencement ceremonies. White sent letters to graduates earlier this … Continue reading →

There’s no shortage of sad songs about rainy days and lovers who don’t bring flowers. And then there are songs that truly bring the pain — songs so despairing they can make us wonder why we even bother. Here are … Continue reading →