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Jun 27 2022
News
Supreme Court sides with high school coach over 50-yard-line prayers
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Washington state football coach who was suspended over his on-field prayers following games.
The justices’ decision, largely breaking 6-3 along the court’s usual ideological lines, found that the school system infringed on the coach’s religious freedom and free-speech rights by seeking to block him from engaging in public prayers on the
Politico
Jan 10 2023
News
Biden Administration Plans to Ease Rules for Income-Based Student-Loan Forgiveness
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a detailed plan that will make it easier for student-loan holders to wipe out their debts using income-driven repayment plans.
The proposed rule from the Education Department is a key step in overhauling the $1.6 trillion federal loan program that has left millions with ballooning debts. The administration first announced the change in August
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 29 2022
News
Key Moments From Obama's Georgia Rally As He Steps In To Help Biden
Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail for Democratic candidates in Georgia on Friday as part of the party's final push ahead of crucial midterm elections.
Obama spoke at a rally in the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia in support of Senator Raphael Warnock and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams where he urged people to vote on November 8.
The former
Newsweek
Jan 19 2023
Analysis
Bringing US up to code: How outdated software has become a safety issue
When his 6 a.m. flight from Palm Springs, California, to Pittsburgh, was delayed last week Chris Goranson got worried. “I thought something pretty bad must have happened,” says the professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College and former federal employee working on modernizing computer systems.
There were no reasons given for the Jan. 11 delay. And the trouble seemed to be
Christian Science Monitor
Author
BridgeUSA
BridgeUSA is a youth-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates spaces on high school and college campuses for open discussion between students about political issues.
Apr 10 2020
Opinion
In an interlude for sports, a time for introspection
What’s left of sports these days? Not much. The 2020 Summer Olympics have been put off to 2021. Professional leagues await the all-clear to resume games. College sports? Maybe this fall. And nearly everything else down to the local bowling club has hit the pause button.
Yet this dearth of popular athletics has led to a debate over their inherent value and whether they can return in the
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 14 2022
Opinion
There’s a Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers in America. Many Reasons, Actually.
Here are just a few of the longstanding problems plaguing American education: a generalized decline in literacy; the faltering international performance of American students; an inability to recruit enough qualified college graduates into the teaching profession; a lack of trained and able substitutes to fill teacher shortages; unequal access to educational resources; inadequate funding for
New York Times (Opinion)
Dec 22 2022
News
Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.
George Santos, whose election to Congress on Long Island last month helped Republicans clinch a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, built his candidacy on the notion that he was the “full embodiment of the American dream” and was running to safeguard it for others.
His campaign biography amplified his storybook journey: He is the son of Brazilian immigrants, and the first
New York Times (News)
Jun 03 2022
News
Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5M fine
Florida threatened to fine Special Olympics International $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at the USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.
“There needs to be a choice in this regard,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at an event in Orlando surrounded by a cheering crowd that included athletes for the games set to begin
Orlando Sentinel
Aug 22 2022
News
What Are the Real Warning Signs of a Mass Shooting?
The freshman who walked into the high school cafeteria in Marysville, Wash., in 2014 with his father’s .40-caliber Beretta did not fit anyone’s profile of a mass murderer. He was a crack athlete. He embraced his Native American traditions, wearing a headdress at tribal events and offering freshly killed deer to his grandmother. He was popular, so much so that he had just been elected
New York Times (News)