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(DENVER, Colo.) Denver Human Services will accept donations through the end of May for its BeAGiver Spring Showers Hygiene Drive to make essential hygiene items accessible all year.

Although the practice is illegal in many countries, including countries throughout Europe, cat declawing is still legal in most U.S. states. (CHICAGO) Cat declawing is now illegal in two states, Maryland and New York. It used to be a fairly standard practice at the veterinarian's office. But times have changed, and today many vets refuse to declaw a cat without a medical reason.

CHICAGO) Last fall it was revealed that the popular tortilla factory, El Milagro, was engaging in unsafe conditions in their factories. The employees had staged a walkout in September in collaboration with Arise Chicago to demand higher pay and better working conditions.

A group of volunteers from a Service Saturday in 2020 in Denver, Colo.(A Little Help) (DENVER, Colo.) Denver-based non-profit A Little Help is seeking residents of the Denver metro to volunteer and help support the community through a service day with older adults.

Natural gas prices have risen, but help is available. (CHICAGO) If you experienced sticker shock when you opened your gas bill this winter, you wouldn't be the only one. According to the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), natural gas bills in Illinois were at the highest level this winter in over a decade.

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Welcome back to another daily roundup of San Francisco stories for April 5. 1.) District Attorney Chesa Boudin fights back against his recall. With the special election to recall San Francisco's District Attorney Chesa Boudin just over two months away, the district attorney is making more public appearances, KCBS Radio reports.

Swami Durga Das at the River Fund headquarters.Photo by: Marlene Cruz. Thirty years ago, Swami Durga Das baked a dozen chocolate chip cookies, which initiated the River Fund’s first effort to deliver baked goods to Manhattan nonprofits that cared for the terminally ill. “This whole project started with one dozen cookies,” he says.

Bell Bowl Prairie is home to diverse plants and wildlife, including the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Rusty-Patched BumblebeeMidwest Region from United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

We’re well aware of autism, we need to start appreciating Autistic People. Except the most well-known group which claims to support and advocate for autistics and their families actually perpetuates myths, stereotypes, and philosophies based in eugenics.

"If this was their first time signing a document, what do you think their signatures looked like?" Black Child Clothing, based in Chicago, has announced the launch of a new clothing line called the 300 Signature Collection. The t-shirts, hoodies, long sleeves, and hats feature replicas of real signatures from slaves that had petitioned the courts for freedom in the 1800s.

*This is a work of nonfiction based on actual events I experienced firsthand; used with permission. I was 10 years old, and I didn’t know what ‘gay’ even meant. Being called gay does not offend me because being gay is not offensive. Let’s just get that out of the way.

What inclusive education REALLY means to neurodiverse and disabled students. Since our former Minister of Education didn’t bother to ask disabled students and their families for their input, I decided to do it for them.

Walking the walk, as in effecting meaningful change. I am a neurodiversity and mental health advocate. Supporting and safeguarding the mental health of neurodivergent and disabled people is a significant part of my work every single day.

It’s about lifting up the voices of the people for whom you advocate. Advocacy is defined in the dictionary as “any action that speaks in favour of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of others.”

Dine-in or get carryout at Plainfield's brick oven pizzeria, Freedom Brothers, on Thursday night, and 15% of your total will go to the Plainfield Pride fundraiser for its new youth center.

Several years ago, officials in Kankakee, a small town near Chicago, stopped a child from selling lemonade because she didn't have a permit. Hayli Martenez was 11 years old the day officials shut down her lemonade stand where she had been selling cups of lemonade for 50 cents each. They cited a lack of water and sewer service to her home, although she had made the lemonade using bottled water bought from the store.