Max Johnson dedicates organ donor law change to girl who gave him her heart  Mirror OnlineMax Johnson was part of the Mirror-backed campaign to change the law to an automatic opt-in for organ donation.

Planned Parenthood group from western states adds Indiana, Kentucky in ‘strategic alliance’  PBS NewsHour

Planned Parenthood’s affiliate overseeing Hawaii and three western states announced Friday that it was adding Indiana and Kentucky, a first-of-its-kind …

Harris County relies on contractors, commissioners rely on their cash  Houston Chronicle As a candidate for Harris County Precinct 2 commissioner, Adrian Garcia’s shoe-leather campaign raised money from a wide swath of residents. Wage workers…

Commentary: After loss and crisis, community gave me strength  The Wisconsin Jewish ChronicleTragic. Traumatic. Miraculous. These words describe my family’s past decade. When our seemingly healthy 14-year-old daughter Laura died within days o…

We now know the identity of the anonymous donors who paid for 70 homeless people in Chicago to stay in a hotel during the polar vortex  HelloGigglesChicago is currently facing extreme cold, and one anonymous donor paid for hotel rooms for 70 …

“My only cure was a transplant”  BBC News”My only cure was a transplant.” Joanne Adam, who needed six organs transplanted after a cancer diagnosis, is in favour of the proposed ‘opt-out’ system.

Ethics and election reform in Baltimore Co.  Baltimore SunBaltimore County Executive Olszewski offers a good start toward ethics and election reform.