Author: Matt Dowd

Concerns for the homeless often address essentials like food and shelter, but other services, those that perhaps aren’t necessary to survive, but which do increase quality of life, often fall by the wayside. That’s something that the art project Beauty in Transition, a hair salon like no other, aims to change. The project coordinates volunteer […]

New regulations from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning electronic cigarettes may do more harm than good. Some of the proposed changes — health advisory warning labels, e-liquid testing, and clearly labelled ingredients — are all positive things. But they come at a cost. Business owners estimate that testing batches of e-liquid in particular […]

Firefighters are battling a massive blaze under increasingly challenging conditions in California. The Rocky fire, burning north of San Francisco, had already destroyed 39 homes and expanded to 68,300 acres as of Wednesday, August 5, and showed no signs of stopping. At that time, firefighters estimated it was only about 20% contained. The flame started […]

With plans to build a $175 million entertainment district, the city of Glendale has been in the midst of a redevelopment plan and domain fight. In the process, the city has bought out many of the pre-existing businesses in the area. One small business, however, refuses to budge. According to the Denver Business Journal, the […]

Dentists have been fighting tooth and nail to get fluoridated water in every community for decades. Due to cost issues or moral opposition, however, some areas are left with tap water that does nothing to improve the dental health of their youths. According to ABC 10 News, a local affiliate in Marquette, MI, the county […]

When measuring students’ success rates, recent studies have looked at factors such as class size and private versus public schooling. For example, since private schools typically have 300 or fewer students in enrollment, this is said to help students achieve better grades and academic standing. But what if the key to success was a little […]