Health Care 101
This article, the first in a series of upcoming posts covering the complex U.S. healthcare system and its relationship to the story of need, attempts to briefly highlight how the system developed and how it currently functions (and malfunctions). The basics In between birth and death, people have their health. Some do a better [...]
Changes at the Grange
The Crescent Grange in Broomfield, Colo., hosted an open house this afternoon in honor of National Grange Month. The festivities featured music from the two-man band Diamonds in the Rough, brochures about Grange membership, a living history presentation and fashion show, and an art project for children. They also highlighted the Grange’s community garden and [...]
Habitat home repairs
The well-known non-profit Habitat for Humanity does more than build new homes for people in economic need. Habitat also repairs homes for qualified families. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is currently searching for families in Broomfield and Lafayette, Colo., to enter its Community Preservation and Restoration (CPR) program. According to its brochure: “Our CPR program is [...]
A Truly Good Friday
For much of the last half of the twentieth century, the dateline “Belfast, Northern Ireland” and its associated descriptions of shootings by British soldiers and random bombings by elements of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) made news headlines around the world. As the epicenter of an ongoing regional religio-political conflict, “Belfast” and “Northern Ireland” and “Ulster” [...]
Ahead of Its Time
During the early part of the nineteenth century, American abolitionists fought slavery on several fronts. Leading activists gave speeches, wrote newspaper editorials and preached anti-slavery sermons. Others operated the Underground Railroad to shelter and transport runaway slaves. Still others left New England to build new communities — such as those in Oberlin, Ohio, Wayne County, [...]
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