Award-Winning Project Punches Back Against Dobbs

Disclosure: State of Alabama-based writer. This article is a work from cited sources for informational purposes and is used with permission. No affiliate links are included. During a March 20, 2025, appearance on the All-On Podcast, President Trump's Department of Commerce appointee Howard Lutnick said he believes fraud is possibly happening within the Social Security Administration's disability program.

Floridians who came of age in the Sunshine State may remember a time when you could turn on the television at any given time and see items being sold on the Home Shopping Network. Some Floridians may have worked there (or knew someone who did) as Forbes once ranked it as one of America's best employers and one of the best employers for women. However, in early 2025, Home Shopping Network announced that it was leaving Florida after 47 years and relocating to West Chester, Pennsylvania. And now, it will be laying off hundreds.

Regional offices assisting U.S. citizens with Social Security benefits are being closed by the Trump administration. The Department of Government Efficiency has terminated leases for five of Georgia’s 34 Social Security offices.

Listen up, fellow Americans! I've learned the hard way that hospital billing is a minefield. My personal experiences have taught me one crucial lesson: NEVER pay a hospital bill without thorough scrutiny. I once received a mysterious bill during college that turned out to be for someone with my same name who had no insurance. Last year, they overcharged me $100 and even sent it to a collection agency after I spent hours on the phone challenging it.

Gen X’ers swear they had Mad Max-level freedom as kids: biking miles alone, playing in woods until streetlights came on, and surviving on PB&Js packed in brown paper bags. But millennials/Zillennials side-eye this like, “Sure, Jan.” So—did 80s parents really not care, or is this just Hollywood romanticizing?

Like many young women, Shantell Pollard was full of ambition and had dreams for her future. She loved to dance, sing, do makeup, and model. She was friendly and embraced life with open arms. Tragically, those dreams came to an end on Halloween night.

Recent US data reveals a concerning trend: the gap between housing prices and income continues to widen at an alarming rate. In 2023, the median home price hit $350K, while the median household income stands at just $78K. This disparity is eerily reminiscent of the conditions that preceded the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

U.S Senator Rand Paul this week introduced the Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025 to restore personal responsibility and state flexibility to the federal food assistance program. The purpose of the bill is to confront an uncomfortable truth: while the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was created to fight hunger, it is now fueling a new public health crisis — obesity and chronic disease — by subsidizing the purchase of junk food with taxpayer dollars.

Eight international students at Arizona State University have had their visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and a crackdown on students expressing their political views.

With every passing day, the drama in Port Charles has been getting worse. While Kristina was on the warpath in the previous episode, Lulu made an admission. Jordan questioned Curtis, Ava briefed Ric, and finally, Laura and Ezra got into a fight. In the upcoming episodes, there will be more information on that.

For many, headaches are an all-too-familiar part of daily life. Whether it’s the dull throb of tension or the sharp pulse of a migraine, reaching for medication can feel like the only option. But what if relief could come from your plate instead of a pill bottle?

I get it—landlords can show a place when selling, but how often is reasonable? I’ve had nearly 15 showings since February, plus an open house. I work remotely, and buyers have walked in during meetings, asked me about the building like I’m the leasing agent, and one even let their kid run around my living room.

I thought buying a townhouse was the safer bet. Less maintenance, right? Well… joke’s on me. The HOA fees are outrageous, and surprise—still tons of repairs! Multiple leaks, roof issues… I’ve poured so much money into fixing things, and honestly, I probably would’ve spent the same fixing up a small house. At least then I’d have a yard. I want another dog, but now I feel stuck waiting years to afford a house. Looking back, those SFHs that needed work weren’t that bad. I wish I hadn’t been so scared of the unknown.

When I bought my first house, I thought I was finally free—my own space, my own rules. Then I met the HOA. At first, it seemed harmless. A small monthly fee, some basic upkeep rules. No big deal, right? Wrong.

They’re not being elitist—they’re streamlining care for medical families!. When a patient’s family member is a nurse or doc, we add notes like "Daughter RN" to switch to medical speak. This saves hours during consultations!

Starting April 1, 2025, new California laws will significantly enhance protections for renters statewide. All of them aimed at increasing fairness and transparency in landlord-tenant interactions.

CALIFORNIA – California federal judge William H. Alsup, ordered, March 13, the Trump Administration to reinstate thousands of employees who were recently mass-fired. Alsup ordered immediate reinstatement of terminated probationary employees of the Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Interior, Energy, Defense, and Treasury departments. These agencies must also cease termination of probationary employees, effective immediately.

Every time Congress faces a government funding deadline, Washington reminds itself — eventually — that shutdowns are worth avoiding. This is a familiar, and all-too-frequent, conversation.

When I first sent my daughter to a U.S. preschool, I was shocked—no writing lessons?! But her teacher explained: “Writing is a skill, but expressing ideas is the superpower.”

Why aren’t we housing the homeless in abandoned motels? It’s not rocket science—seal off broken windows, install security cameras, and rent them at 50/ month. But here’s the catch: The system profits from keeping people destitute. Politicians don’t want you to know that Housing First programs do work—they cut emergency room visits by 6010k/year for mental health meds.

I’ve been trying to rent out my apartment, and this Section 8 applicant is really testing my patience. She started by bombarding me with texts and then claimed she couldn’t afford the $35 Zillow application fee. I told her we still needed to see the application before making a decision, and then she insisted on coming over with the deposit even though I hadn’t agreed to anything yet.

The 101st Airborne Division sent an unspecified number of soldiers to the U.S. southern border in January, and a Thursday press release said about 300 more soldiers are being sent.

This is NOT a hypothetical question. I’ve paid into Medicare and Social Security for over a decade—no gaps, no excuses. If lawmakers slash these programs, where does MY MONEY go? The system isn’t a piggy bank for Wall Street. ​My contributions were supposed to secure my future—not fund stock market bonuses.

Listen, sellers who overpaid in 2020-2022 and now think we’ll subsidize your mistake? Not happening. I saw your house listed at 400k in 2022–congratulations, you got conned by a well− meaning realtor. Now you’re asking 500k for the same avocado-green walls and outdated HVAC? That’s not a "principle" issue – that’s math.

Denver’s homeless hotels and clogged traffic on Pena Boulevard dominated the public comment period Monday during the City Council meeting. Homeless advocate Ana Miller told the council the conditions at the former Best Western homeless hotel on Quebec, one of many such hotels owned by the city, are “Absolutely grotesque … worse than most poorly run prisons ....(I’m) tired of hearing things are fixed. When you’re done using (a hotel) it will need to be completely gutted for habitation again. I want the council to look into these conditions and do something about it. Push for better oversight of how they’re running their shelters.”

A possible surge in overdose deaths in Denver could indicate some irregularities in the street drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned Monday. The Denver Post reported there have been a dozen outdoor deaths in March in Denver, including nine in a nine-day stretch. “Over the past month, there have been a lot of reported overdoses in Denver being responded to with naloxone by people who use drugs, services providers, and around the Colorado State Capitol,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville said in the needle exchange’s newsletter Monday. “Over the past couple of weeks, we started noticing the public death posts on social media and then multiple sources from the city reached out to let us know they were overdose related. We alerted HRAC participants and other service providers for quick communication. Unfortunately, many in the city have expressed that we will need to wait for weeks and months before they will officially determine these deaths as overdoses. That is incredibly frustrating as we need real time information of the drug supply and the names of those we have lost.”

The Trump Administration announced this week it will continue to “reduce the scope of federal bureaucracy” via executive order, again going after an agency fighting to end homelessness.

I just had the most frustrating interview experience yesterday. The hiring manager kept circling back to when I "plan to have children" throughout our conversation. As a 32-year-old woman, I thought we were past this in 2025!

My old workplace had the best lunch system: 11:30-2:00 window, coverage swapped, zero drama. Fast-forward to new management: "EVERYONE MUST LUNCH AT EXACTLY 12:00. NO EXCEPTIONS."

When Tension Took Control… During a Pap Smear … 🤣. I went in for a routine pap smear, nervous as hell. The room was cold, the speculum felt like a foreign object, and my mind was racing with worst-case scenarios. Then, mid-exam, I felt this sudden urge to fart—nothing I could control. My face turned tomato red, the tech froze mid-procedure, and I heard her whisper to the nurse, “Did she eat beans for breakfast?”