By Rachel Buller/For CU-CitizenAccess -- Eleanor Evans and Fatemah Hermes spent a majority of their Saturday mornings in summer 2010 fighting – but not with each other.

Both women, who care deeply for the environment but also have a vested interest in spiritual matters, fought religious ignorance by building peace, one seed at a time, through a community peace garden. While their religious practices may be different, even conflicting, they adhere to principles that are very much...

Jobs, jobs, jobs.

That’s been the national mantra since the Great Recession hit in 2008, and it does not seem to be going anywhere.

In our perpetual quest to illuminate U.S. connections with the world, Latitude News hit the streets of Danville, Illinois this week to ask people about the global economy.

Danville’s large local employers include a...