You know, there are a lot of excellent programs on public television and national public radioI could list all of them as sterling reasons for supporting PBS and NPR in the face of threatened cuts to funding. But this is about more than Masterpiece, Masterpiece Mystery, NOVA, PBS NewsHour, Antiques Roadshow, American Experience, American Masters, ( Read more... )

Editrx is not having an easy time of it. She's broke and disabled; she has infected teeth that are in dire need of extensive root canal work (and insurance won't cover this); and the bank has started foreclosure proceedings on her houseHer Paypal account is below; I got it from her LJ. Please contribute. And even if you can't contribute, boost the ( Read more... )

A woman who took time off work to take care of her daughter, who has severe kidney disease, is facing homelessness in New England at the start of winter.

ETA: Homeland Security/Immigration screwups contributed to this, also.

If you can, help. If you can't, boost the signal.

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angevin2 is having a horrible time of it ( Read more... )

The missing girl, Morgan, has been found safe, in Carbondale, Illinois.

She wants to come home.

Her mother took off to get her around 9:07 a.m. Central Daylight Time.

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Her name is Morgan. She's 16 and she ran away from home yesterday. Friends say she hopped a Megabus to the Carbondale, IL area to attend the upcoming Rainbow Gathering Oct. 1. She may change her destination if she knows she is being looked for.According to her mother, "She's supposedly traveling with 2 guys named Tim and Josh, both Caucasian, early ( Read more... )