As we stand on the cusp of a new academic year, the air is filled with a unique blend of anticipation and excitement. On behalf of the entire Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD), I want to extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to our students, staff, parents, and community partners as ...
The gap between CEO compensation and median worker pay at Starbucks hit 6,666 to 1 last year. In other words, to make as much money as their CEO made in 2024, typical baristas would’ve had to start brewing macchiatos around the time humans first invented the wheel. Starbucks is the worst ...
The 2024 Financial Report of the United States (available online) was presented by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on January 16, 2025.This editorial will point out facts and give my opinion. I am not an expert on the US Budget but some facts stand out. Page 61 of the report is the Statement ...
Wanna solution for being miserable? Read Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables.” English Translation: “The Miserables” or “The Wretcheds.” Hugo’s nineteenth century historical novel is 1,200 pages long. On Kindle it cost me ninety-nine cents. It’s a classic and has been around a long ...
The two most recent polls — Gotham and Siena — on the New York City mayoral race, show Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani leading Andrew Cuomo, running second as an independent, by 18 and 19 points respectively. Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the Democratic primary in June, garnering 56.39 ...
Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA) changes the lives of nearly one in eight people in central Iowa, around 25,000 people per year. Poverty isn’t unique to us — it touches nearly every town and county in the U.S., but what is happening in Marshall County, Iowa, isn’t the same as in Dallas ...