Weekend Read – The Gem of Unplanned Pregnancy Options: ‘Open’ Adoption
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Editors’ Note: The following essay is the third of three by Theresa Marcroft published in The Prickly Pear. This series is an important contribution addressing the crisis of unplanned pregnancies in America. The first essay, Weekend Read: How Abortion Hurts Women, presents the very real long-term physical and mental health […]
‘Sound of Hope’ director: Adoption Is ‘Difficult and Rewarding’
The new film’s director, Josh Weigel, The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,talked Breitbart News Saturday Speaking about the story on which the film is based, he said he hopes “people will get involved” in foster care and adoption after watching the film, calling it “necessary” as well as “difficult but rewarding.” The […]
‘The Daily Show’ Launches Voter Registration, Animal Adoption Initiative
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show It plans to launch a voter registration effort that could potentially connect voters with their adopted pets. The left-leaning talk show, which recently welcomed Jon Stewart as part-time host, is partnering with HeadCount and various animal protection organizations across the country for a new initiative called “InDogCision 2024: Rescuing Democracy,” […]
Woman discovers her dog is alive and up for adoption after ‘putting him down’
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TV tonight: a heart-wrenching drama about a gay couple’s adoption journey | Television
Lost Boys & Fairies 9pm, BBC One Adoption is a long and difficult journey for most people, and even longer and more difficult for same-sex couples where one partner is barely hiding deep trauma. Duff James’ revelatory, loosely autobiographical drama follows Zion Daniel Young’s performance artist Gabriel and his partner, accountant Andy (Fra Fee), as […]
I thought my sick dog was euthanized — then I found out he was up for adoption a year later
A woman was shocked to find that the sick dog she took in to be euthanized was back at the shelter a year later, up for adoption. Christy Pereira, 32, was heartbroken when she was told the most humane thing she could do for her beloved pet Beau was to euthanize him. The digital marketer […]
The Economist beclowns itself, recommending against adoption of El Salvador’s successful anti-crime policies
economist Claim “Produce journalism that respects facts and sometimes has radical opinions.” Judging by a recent Economist article on crime issues in Latin America, the London-based publication may lack respect. May 8th article “How to pacify the world’s most violent regions” begins with a note about a crime in Duran, Ecuador. The homicide rate there […]
EV adoption has brought modest, but measurable, declines in Bay Area emissions: Study
The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) across the Bay Area has led to a small but steady decline in the region’s carbon dioxide emissions, a new study finds. Using an air quality monitoring network installed in the region more than a decade ago, scientists recorded a 2.6% annual decline in vehicle emissions rates over five […]
‘Deeply depressed’ Maryland shelter cat goes viral after adoption plea
Officials at a Maryland animal shelter are confident one of its residents will soon be adopted into a kinder home after a Facebook post about his plight went viral overnight. Mr. O, a 2-year-old white and orange cat, was recently surrendered to St. Mary’s Animal Adoption and Resource Center in California, Maryland, after his original […]
Maine regulators considering adoption of California EV use standards
Maine environmental regulators will decide whether to join a growing number of states adopting new standards aimed at expanding the use of electric vehicles. The rule, which originated in California, requires that the percentage of new light-duty vehicles that are zero-emission vehicles increases each year. The new standard will start at 51% in 2028 and […]