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‘Desert Skies’ creator’s lifelong mental health battle helped him write his podcast

Growing up in the Nazarene Church outside of Coolidge, Arizona, where mental illness was a taboo discussion, Jared Carter says he experienced a “hollow echoing feeling” that to him felt like demons.

FAIR Act advances to state senate, assembly to further small business protections

New York State advanced the FAIR Business Practices Act in legislation that would help protect individuals, small businesses and non-profits from scams…

Protesters gathered on the third anniversary of war in Ukraine

Hundreds gathered in Times Square on the anniversary of the third year of war in Ukraine on Feb. 24…

Gramercy small businesses on shopping local this holiday season

Three years ago, Irish Cardill opened his small vintage shop, Pineapple, in the fashion capital of the world: New York City. In a city booming in street style, he planned to create a fashion brand that embodies the city’s streetwear spirit…

How two grandmothers launched a backyard cider business

Michigan is the second-largest producer of apples in the country, behind Washington and next to New York with almost 15 million apple trees in the state. Twelve of them are planted in Paula Camp’s yard in Benton Harbor, in southwest Michigan…

Many Arab and Muslim Voters were united as uncommitted. What Now?

Public health advocate Malaak Elhage was volunteering for an organization in her parents’ hometown of Ghazieh, Lebanon, when the conflict in Gaza started last October. It brought her painful memories of bombings her family escaped in the same city almost 20 years ago, when she was 6 years old. Now a resident of Dearborn, MI, she’s unhappy with how President Joe Biden is handling the war, and she voted uncommitted in the primaries…