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  • Mar 21, 2025 | columbiamissourian.com | James Dobson

    President Kennedy was a visionary, proposing the Civil Rights Act, enforcing school desegregation, challenging America to land a man on the moon, establishing the Peace Corps, and rolling out the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to "extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reform." I loved working for USAID and joined for the Iraq "surge" of 2008 to support counterinsurgency efforts, helping Iraqis...

  • Dec 11, 2024 | kpax.com | James Dobson

    MISSOULA — Reserve Street is the most dangerous traffic corridor in Missoula, and the city is asking for help from the public to figure out how to make it safer. The Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization, City of Missoula and Montana Department of Transportation are seeking public input on the Reserve Street Safety Action Plan, which would help inform planning to reduce traffic accidents and pedestrian fatalities.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | kpax.com | James Dobson

    MISSOULA — On a cold November morning, Aaron Wilson was pedaling his bike across the Orange Street Bridge when a car sped by, nearly clipping his handlebars. Wilson didn’t flinch, because he makes this commute twice a day, five days a week. “I guess that was pretty close,” Wilson said. “I’ve been doing this so long that I guess my risk-aversion is pretty low.”This morning, Wilson is sporting fluorescent gloves with matching neon sunglasses.

  • Oct 10, 2024 | kpax.com | James Dobson

    MISSOULA — While waiting at a bus stop in East Missoula, Stephen Hopkins, 57, rubbed his hands together on the chilly October morning. If he missed the Mountain Line bus, he’d have to wait an hour before another came to take him to Walmart. “It’s a cold one today,” Hopkins said. “I really need to get stuff done.”Hopkins said he’s ridden the bus nearly every day for 14 years. To make ends meet, he doesn’t own a car. That means risking potential delays.

  • Sep 28, 2024 | ensemblemagazine.co.nz | James Dobson

    The lipstick economy feels like it’s in full effect – that old adage that during a recession people choose to treat themselves with the rush of a little luxury like a designer lipstick rather than a whole ensemble. Thinking about the lipstick economy has made me ponder my own complex relationship to that little waxy bullet of pigment, and a term that I have come to refer to as Lipstick Shame. As I embarked on my beauty journey, I decided lipstick wasn’t for me.

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