People everywhere just want to be free

Check out the artwork drawn by Syrian children who, as refugees, are being held in Saddam-era prisons.

Wanna support an awesome project?

The Beat of the Street (Hartford’s street newspaper, which has grown from a handful of readers to 5,500 monthly subscriptions, is looking to raise some money for their BOTS (Beat of the Street) Pots. The pots include vegetables planted in pots around Hartford, free for the taking. The pots program (all of this is part …

Wait. Free college??!?!

Last week, Pres. Obama proposed making two years of community college free and universal. It faces, of course, an uphill battle. This is  wonderful, but it’s not new. A commission in the 1940s suggested something like this, free education all the way up to the “14th grade.” The potential for this could be huge, according …