Cuban donates $10,000 to help fight hunger for students in Alabama
An email from a science teacher at Geraldine High School has turned into a significant blessing for many students in Alabama facing food insecurity, thanks to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. This week, Dr. Renfro took a call from Cuban’s Chief Financial Officer, revealing that Cuban would be donating $10,000 to bolster the student feeding program […]
Harvard Students Skip A Meal In 12-Hour ‘Hunger Strike’
On Friday, more than 30 students at Harvard University refused to eat for 12 hours to show support for pro-Palestinian students at Brown University who are participating in an eight-day hunger strike. Seventeen students at Brown University began a hunger strike on February 2 to pressure the school's board of directors, the Brown Corporation, to […]
Season for Sharing grants combat homelessness, hunger in Arizona
Nearly half of all donations to this year’s Season for Sharing campaign will go to nonprofit organizations in Arizona that help those struggling with housing insecurity. The group, which provides temporary housing, shelter for the homeless, and rental assistance, is one of 158 charities sharing more than $1.6 million raised during the 2022-23 Arizona Republic-sponsored […]
These Tucson spots will feed your hunger for gems, minerals
Long before its designation as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, Tucson was a rock-loving city…or at least rock-loving. Since the first Tucson Gem & Mineral Show held by the Tucson Gem & Mineral Association in 1955, millions of people from all over the world have flocked to Old Pueblo to develop 34 different shows known […]
More than 70 Texas prisoners are 3 days into a hunger strike protesting harsh solitary confinement practices | Texas News | San Antonio
click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Martin de Nascimento Thousands of prisoners are held in solitary confinement in Texas. In November, more than 500 prisoners had been in isolation for more than his decade. It’s been over 3 days since Texas inmates statewide started a hunger strike Protesting indefinite solitary confinement, the Texas Department of […]
