Current Events Archives

August 7, 2026

Top Takeaways from Uncomfortable Community Conversations

Business Ownership, Causes We Fight For, Current Events
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Maybe you’ve noticed we like to push our community, clients, and everyone else out of their comfort zones. We’re kind of a broken record when it comes to finding comfort in the uncomfortable. Our CEO has it tattooed on her arm; we are nothing if not really, really consistent. Our commitment to uncomfortable is why […]

A man pins an award on a woman veteran in an old photo. Text reads, "We've always been here."

November 5, 2025

Strong Has Never Been a Men-Only Standard

Causes We Fight For, Current Events
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August 19, 2025

Millions Shared a Story About 80 Kidnapped Kids. It Never Happened.

Current Events, Public Relations
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July 2, 2025

The Big Brutal Blow (BBB) to Michigan

Causes We Fight For, Current Events
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Cowardice has a cost, and our state will pay it. The BBB (Big Brutal Blow), being championed by the worst among us, will devastate our communities, businesses, and industries. In Michigan, a 20% reduction in federal programs would wipe out over $1 billion in economic output and nearly 5,000 jobs in the first year alone, […]

The words Her Story are superimposed over veteran silhouettes.

May 21, 2025

This Is Her Legacy—Not Yours to Rewrite

Causes We Fight For, Current Events
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Women have always served in the U.S. military. Always. From disguising themselves as men in the Revolutionary War, to hauling wounded soldiers out of fire in Vietnam, to leading convoys in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of women have died in uniform. Thousands more have returned with invisible scars. We’re seeing a real-time erasure of these […]

May 7, 2025

This Week in Media

Causes We Fight For, Current Events
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There’s a lot going on in the news right now, between tariffs changing every single day, celebrities heading to space, and people replacing significant others with AI chatbots. It was hard to narrow down what we wanted to focus on. Read on for our recap of This Week in Media. Political Leadership Theater: Trump & […]