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It’s a well-known fact that most educators in public schools don’t earn substantial incomes. Teachers enter the profession driven by their passion for teaching rather than the pursuit of wealth. While it’s easy to acknowledge the modest earnings of teachers in theory, it becomes more poignant when you examine an actual teacher’s salary. This reality hit home for many when …

So, when developers offered Edith Macefield a million dollars to move so they could demolish her home and build more places that sell stuff and offer stuff she flat out said, “No!” Some people called the move “punk rock” or “rebellious” or even a big middle finger in the face of capitalism and its pursuit of growth in order to …

As the 6th game of the season came to an end, with six more to play, the principal of Joseph Barron Senior High School in Des Moines had no choice. He had to fire the new coach — former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick took the job quietly to stay tethered to football, but from the start, things went poorly. …