I grew up in extreme poverty. The ability to access a free, high-quality education in North Texas changed my life. I benefited greatly from the ways community colleges meet students where they are and wrap their arms around them. Classes were small, and I had a clear sense of belonging, despite being the first in […]
Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student performance post-pandemic. Educators strongly endorse tutoring, when done right, and believe it can help students make real academic gains. In an effort to spur the tutoring movement, the Biden administration recently called on […]
For glass artists, pipe-making is an art form and highly skilled craft, and many say Minnesota is becoming a hub for it.
For the longest time, it was generally assumed that high-turnout elections would benefit the Democratic Party. But recent polling and election data suggest that this conventional thinking is disconnected from reality. According to a recent poll of the 2024 presidential election, those who had voted in multiple elections since 2018 were more likely to vote […]
Volunteers are the lifeblood of many Hawaii nonprofits, and volunteering provides health benefits; yet, Hawaii has one of the worst rates of volunteerism in the United States.
Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only way
CNN Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only
Growing up under the taxing burden of mental illness, my emotional health was my No. 1 priority in my first year at NYU. Weary of my newfound independence, I sought out university-based resources that I hoped would appeal to my concerns as a young adult and student. Eager to make use of the university’s self-proclaimed This story Opinion: NYU needs better mental health services appeared first on Washington Square News.
Last month, the Department of Justice filed its long-awaited antitrust suit against Apple, accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. This makes Apple the last of the U.S.-based tech giants to face a major monopolization lawsuit from a federal agency. (Google also faces one from the Justice Department; Facebook and Amazon have been sued by the Federal Trade Commission.) These suits make claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, an 1890 statute that makes it unlawful to obtain...
Apple TV+ hit "For All Mankind" has been renewed for a fifth season, and a spin-off is also going back to the beginning for a new look at the Soviet space race. The new "Star City" will go back to the beginning of "For All Mankind," and see life from the Soviet side "For All Mankind" was one of the first shows announced by Apple TV+ back at its launch in 2019, and is an alternative view of the space race. While it now seems a long way since its starting point of having the Soviets be the...
Ontario is still playing catch-up on routine vaccinations that many children missed during the pandemic and public health officials are warning that it could take years to solve the problem. “What we see around the world is when the vaccination rates drop, you have a resurgence of vaccine preventable disease,” Dr. Anna Banerji, a Toronto-based pediatric infectious disease specialist, told CTV News Toronto. “If someone had measles and they were with a group of unvaccinated kids, then for...
My father and I only argued about one thing regularly: his driving. Because he had epilepsy. In 1948, when my father was 17, he fell out of a moving car. He was in a coma for three days. A dime-sized titanium plate was put in his skull. Thirteen years later he started having both petit and grand mal seizures. I was 9 years old when I first saw him have a seizure. He was driving the two of us in East Salinas and an elderly man with a cane was walking across the road. Suddenly my father slumped...