Seeing a Christmas yet to come if we fail to change the path of homelessness in RI – Mary T. O’Sullivan

December 25, 2023
A homeless man sitting on the ground with a drawing of a house.

by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, with Nancy Thomas, publisher “Like you, I know people who drink, people who do drugs, and bosses who have tantrums and treat their subordinates like dirt. Were they to become homeless, some of them would surely also become ‘alcoholics,’ ‘addicts,’ or ‘mentally ill.” – Elliot Liebow (Publisher’s Note: Two years…

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Where Americans are happiest – money isn’t everything, but…

August 13, 2023
Two young women laying on a wooden deck.

Research shows that in some cases, money does lead to happiness. In fact, a 2021 University of Pennsylvania study found a correlation between happiness and income growth, even past an annual income of $80,000. This is in contrast to previous research that found happiness stagnated after an individual earned $75,000. However, not all places can…

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