You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, its top headline on the homepage asked: “Are Read More
In the famous novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," science-fiction author extraordinaire Robert Heinlein pointed out a fundamental law of economics: "
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Why do rural students have to “beat the odds” in order to get to college? That’s the question Jim Shelton asked his fellow panelists during last week’s sixth annual Rural Summit, a gathering focused on addressing the needs of rural students. Shelton is president of the philanthropic group Blue Meridian Partners and […]
Following a meeting between students and school leaders, dozens of protesters arrested at a Westchester college will not face disciplinary consequences if they follow certain conditions. The meeting resulted from arrests made during pro-Palestine protests at Purchase College on Thursday night, May 2 after protesters refused to leave campus once quiet hours began, according to the school's Assistant Director of Public Relations Betsy Aldredge. Earlier Report - Around 70 Protesters Arrested...
You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, their top headline on the home page asked: “Are ‘outside agitators’ co-opting campus protests?” This isn’t quite the right question. The media have presented these events as “student” protests, so if half the participants aren’t college students, how would they describe the non-students? PolitiFact writers Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu and Loreben Turquero offered this summary: 1. Police, city and university...
Accusations of antisemitism are the tip of the spear in a frightening illiberal project serving an autocratic agendaSince 7 October, commentators have been ringing the alarm that a growing protest movement in solidarity with Palestine signals not just the end of a “golden age” for American Jews – as Franklin Foer recently put it in the Atlantic – but for American liberal democracy itself.As Foer wrote, the “surge of antisemitism is a symptom of the decay of democratic habits, a leading indicator...
Kristin Fitzcharles took classes at high school that also counted toward a degree at RACC.
On May 3, only 33% of Minnesota high school seniors had completed applications for financial aid, down nearly 16% compared to last year
A woman has been arrested and charged for alleged threatening and abusive behaviour outside a city primary school. A report was made to the police about the incident near Edinburgh’s Carrick Knowe Primary School three weeks ago. A 30-year-old woman was later arrested and charged by police and now faces an appearance in court. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Following a report of threatening and abusive behaviour in the Lampacre Road area of Edinburgh on Monday, 18 April, a...
Politicians came to blows in the parliament over the legislation that opposition members say mirrors Russian laws that silence dissent.
"My parents could have never afforded it on their own. I made a promise to my mom a few years ago that I wouldn't make her pay a dime, and I actually managed to do it with the Kline scholarship, which is amazing," said Nicholas Rivas, who will be the first in his family to go to college.
The injured teenager is currently recovering at home after needing surgery to remove pressure on her brain