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If you attended a Passover Seder recently, you likely covered the 10 plagues. If not that, perhaps, in the spirit of the season, you watched “The Ten Commandments,” one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. Ten plagues feature prominently in both, and it has occurred to me that we are experiencing our own 11th plague, and it is fierce.
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By Jill Ebstein, Inside for Sources.com
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5/2/22
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Black and Brown, Latinx/Latine and Indigenous Peoples, new Americans, and migrant workers have been stewards of these lands for centuries. But, the modern environmental movement as we know it found its footing in the United States with the first Earth Day in 1970 and the founding of Greenpeace in 1971.
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By Anusha Narayanan, Greenpeace USA
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4/22/22
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After more than five decades, it is time to let go of Earth Day. Conceived by peace activists and initially promoted by international labor unions, it has been the focus of mass mobilization and awareness campaigns.
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By Kent Lassman, Competitive Enterprise Institute
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4/22/22
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Loud detonations are going off in the economy. When the debris settles, new realities will emerge. We won’t return to the status quo ante, although that is what politicians like to promise.
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By Llewellyn King, InsideSources.com
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4/19/22
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Debt collection calls are something none of us ever want to experience, and quite frankly, in our world inundated with phishing, scams and frauds, it’s important to make sure the debt collection is also in fact legitimate.
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By Ben Branson, Cavanagh Law Firm
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4/18/22
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“Lo I am with you always until the end of time.” “God so loved the world...” (Not just some, but black, brown, red, yellow - even this old white fella).
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By Andrew R McKillop
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4/17/22
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George MacDonald tells a story from his first pastorate, sometime near the year 1850...
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By Loy Mershimer
Okeechobee Presbyterian Church | 4/17/22 |
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It’s 2022, and the opioid epidemic rages on in America. At this point, it’s a full-blown national drug crisis.
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By Ramey Darwish
Special to Lake Okeechobee News | 4/15/22 |
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The Easter Bunny is a much-celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter Bunny might have left behind.
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By Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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4/14/22
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For the last two decades, America’s political and economic elite have talked eagerly of “globalization.” But now the tide has turned. Suddenly, everybody is talking about “deglobalization.”
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By Jeff Ferry, Coalition for a Prosperous America
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4/13/22
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Easter morning was a special event, growing up. We would waken in the middle of the night to our mother’s call.
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By Loy Mershimer
Okeechobee Presbyterian Church | 4/13/22 |
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When you use the internet, you leave behind a trail of data, a set of digital footprints. These include your social media activities, web browsing behavior, health information, travel patterns, location maps, information about your mobile device use, photos, audio and video.
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By Ravi Sen, Texas A&M
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4/12/22
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As April 15th rolls around for another year, many are focused on income tax refunds or the rush to file and preparing for a family …
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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
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4/11/22
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Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa.
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By Quraysh Ali Lansana, Oklahoma State University in Tulsa
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4/8/22
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The effects of inflation facing companies and consumers alike may also cause your car insurance rates to rise when it is time to renew your policy. Like many other financial obligations, car insurance is an expense that’s facing pressure due to disruptions caused by the pandemic and its economic effects.
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By Emily Cahill, Experian
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4/5/22
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After a year of efforts to understand and address the current rules here in Okeechobee County referencing our local boating laws, markers,
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By Wayne Brown
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3/31/22
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Beginning July 16, people struggling with mental health crises can call 988, a new number focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services.
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By Derek Lee, Ohio State University
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3/31/22
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Women’s History Month is a good time to take stock, and lately I’ve heard a lot about the role of mentors. Many have attributed their success to someone who showed them the ropes, gave just the right pep talk when needed or offered constructive criticism.
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By Jill Ebstein, InsideSources.com
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3/29/22
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As experts in pediatric infectious diseases, vaccination and epidemiology, we are on the front lines when it comes to COVID-19 and children.
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By Chandy C. John, Mark R. Schleiss and Sallie Permar for InsideSources.com
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3/24/22
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We are in the season of Lent in my Christian tradition even though growing up I had no idea what Lent was. As a child and youth I was an eclectic...
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By Reverend Don Hanna
First United Methodist Church | 3/23/22 |