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Something crazy happened at the Denver airport over the weekend: two young girls were barred from boarding a United Airlines plane. Not because they were potential terrorists. But because they were wearing leggings. With major television networks and newspapers weighing in, this incident became news across our nation. As, in some ways, it should be.…

It seems like only yesterday we were reminding you to “fall back,” but believe it or not, it’s already time to spring forward! That’s right – this weekend marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. At 2:00 am on March 10 (also known as Sunday), clocks will move forward one hour. But since most of us aren’t awake at 2:00 am, you probably want to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to sleep or as soon as you wake up. And while it may feel like you have to wake up earlier in the morning, just remember that you also get more sunlight in the evening!

Every day I pass working women in the supermarket check-out line at 5:30 pm on their way home from the office. I see them serving coffee at Starbucks and waiting tables while pregnant. I meet women in the office, in my community and at my daughter’s school, working moms who like the rest of America,…

“We must work unceasingly to uplift this nation that we love to a higher destiny, to a higher plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every year on the third Monday of January, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights icon who fought tirelessly for freedom, equality and the dignity of all people. And although his life was cut short, his message of change through non-violent action continues to inspire people around the world.