Sunday, January 26, 2025

ARTICLES BY SHARON COHEN

Pandemic pushes newly hungry Americans to crowded food lines

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus started eating away at her paycheck.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work, his wife needed surgery, then the virus began eating away at her work hours and her paycheck.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Shock, joy and fear as voters elect Donald Trump president

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

The gift of giving

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Fleeing in flight

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Super-size me

Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City - one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant - but he says his paychecks aren't enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Economy: Are we better off?

It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Cultivating an economy

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Bringing jobs back to US soil

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Resumes in a black hole

J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

A decade in Afghanistan Poll: 1 in 3 vets doubt war efforts

Ten years after America began its war in Afghanistan, the decade can be measured by different yardsticks: Dollars. Deployments. Deaths.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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