The old saying is, there's strength in numbers. The federal government workforce is so large that thousands of employees are allowed to stay home and get paid to do nothing, sometimes for months or even years at a time.These employees are able to hide in plain sight due to a practice called ...

Dear Diary,I used to write in you each night before going to bed. You were like a best friend forever except you'd never talk behind my back or give out my locker combination. On your pages, I recorded my deepest secrets for posterity, or at least until I broke up with my current boyfriend. (At ...

Q: What is National Save for Retirement Week?A: Hard-working families who are hard-pressed to pay the bills and make ends meet may feel that putting away money for retirement is a luxury they can't afford. The reality is that Americans can't afford not to save, plan and invest for their ...

Democracy is key to the American experience. You have the right to vote, and most of you exercise that right. This gives us equal say when choosing the persons to best represent our interests.For many of us, voting is more than a right. It's a duty. And after weeks (or was it months?) of ...

Dear Diary,I used to write in you each night before going to bed. You were like a best friend forever except you'd never talk behind my back or give out my locker combination. On your pages, I recorded my deepest secrets for posterity, or at least until I broke up with my current boyfriend. (At ...

Democracy is key to the American experience. You have the right to vote, and most of you exercise that right. This gives us equal say when choosing the persons to best represent our interests.For many of us, voting is more than a right. It's a duty. And after weeks (or was it months?) of ...

Tens of thousands of Iowans are pushing to harvest huge quantities of food, feed, and energy in a short time. As we thank them for hard work and dedication this is also a key time to focus on farm safety and health. Time pressure, workloads, equipment breakdowns, weather, and stresses all add ...

Our garage door was on its last legs - or better put, its last hinges. However you say it, the large piece of lumber was dying a slow death and had been operating in a temperamental mode for the last century, or at least the better part of a year. We were well aware of the door's condition, but ...

Q: What are the five essential freedoms of the First Amendment?A: During the ordinary grind of everyday life, Americans may become complacent about the core principles of our democracy that guarantee our individual rights. These central freedoms set us apart from those whose homelands are ...

Big corporations have been trying to push farmers around since the 19th century. But farmers have always pushed back: more than 100 years ago, the Grange and National Farmers Union were organized to save farming families from corporate abuse.Now some U.S. corporations are practicing a new form ...