A small group of Buddhist monks affiliated with the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, is currently undertaking a long-distance pilgrimage known as the Walk for Peace, traveling on foot from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C. The walk began on October 26, 2025, and organizers have stated the journey will cover approximately…
Public art can do something powerful when it is rooted in intention. It can shift the spirit of a neighborhood and change how people move through their everyday lives. That is exactly what happened when Melissa A. Mitchell completed her nearly four-hundred-foot mural at Kensington Station. What began as a walkway became a vibrant connector…
The U.S. Small Business Administration has quietly built one of the most powerful free education platforms available to entrepreneurs today. Through the SBA Learning Platform, business owners can access structured online courses, guided development programs, and step-by-step training designed to help companies launch, grow, stabilize, and scale with clarity. The SBA describes the platform as…
The Transportation Security Administration is moving into full REAL ID enforcement next year. According to the agency’s announcement on the Transportation Security Administration website, starting February 1, 2026, adult travelers who arrive at airport security without a REAL ID-compliant license or another approved form of identification will be required to pay a $45 identity-verification fee…
California’s long-running Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) decal program is officially over, and solo electric vehicle drivers are losing their shortcut through traffic. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, federal regulations that allowed states to issue CAV decals expired on September 30, 2025. Starting October 1, 2025, vehicles displaying these decals are no longer…
Giving Tuesday, founded in 2012 as a global generosity movement, takes place every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. According to GivingTuesday.org, the day is designed to counterbalance the consumer-driven energy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday by shifting focus toward service, generosity, and collective care. Giving Tuesday is not about how much money a…
Online spending surged to $11.8 billion this Black Friday, setting a new all-time record for U.S. e-commerce. According to Adobe Analytics, online sales grew 9.1 percent year over year, even in a high-cost economy where shoppers have been vocal about cutting back. The data tells a different story. People may be adjusting their habits, but…
Federal officials have finalized a new student loan rule that keeps nursing degrees fully recognized but shifts them into a different category for graduate funding purposes. The rule changes how advanced nursing programs are classified for federal loan limits beginning in 2026. According to reporting from Business Insider, the federal government announced that several fields…
Entrepreneurs don’t need more noise. They need information that cuts through the guesswork, helps them understand their money, and keeps their business from drifting off course. Bank of America’s Center for Business Empowerment does exactly that. It’s a free resource library built for people who want to run their business with clarity instead of confusion,…
Areva Martin, Esq. is widely recognized as a civil rights attorney, legal commentator, and bestselling author, but the core of her long-term work is Special Needs Network, Inc. (SNN), the grassroots nonprofit she founded to respond to what she describes as a “crisis” of autism and developmental disabilities in underserved communities. According to Special Needs…
