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Oct 08 2012
Opinion
Public education plays essential roles
Public education plays essential roles in the well-being of children, families, and communities. The No Child Left Behind Act, enacted in 2002, aimed to improve learning and eliminate achievement gaps by raising accountability in schools. The new requirements also generated valuable long-term data on students and teachersâ€â€data that are now grounding and guiding education policy and
Urban Institute
Sep 08 2019
News
Biden's big bad-news problem
Of the 100 stories about Joe Biden that have received the most social media attention over the last three weeks, 77 were negative, according to data from NewsWhip exclusively provided to Axios.
The big picture: While stories about Biden may be generating more interactions on social media than his 2020 rivals, it's largely because he's getting ripped apart in those pieces.
Social
Axios
Nov 02 2020
News
Will your ballot be safe? Computer experts sound warnings on America's voting machines
Millions of voters going to the polls Tuesday will cast their ballots on machines blasted as unreliable and inaccurate for two decades by computer scientists from Princeton University to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Toyed with by white hat hackers and targeted for scathing reviews from secretaries of state in California and Ohio, Direct Recording Electronic voting systems, or
USA TODAY
Nov 01 2019
News
Construction workers and miners are the most likely to use opioids
Construction workers and miners are used to physically demanding, often dangerous work. Yet these jobs may also expose hard-hats to another risk: substance abuse.
A recent study found that workers in these industries are more likely than other workers to use opioids and cocaine. A little over 3% of those employed in the construction trade and extraction industry had used non-
CBS News (Online)
Nov 30 2020
News
Moderna to ask FDA for emergency use authorization
Moderna announced that it would seek an emergency use authorization, or EUA, from the Food and Drug Administration on Monday after its phase three study found its coronavirus vaccine candidate to be 94% effective.
Moderna said its vaccine was 100% effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19.
"This positive primary analysis confirms the ability of our vaccine to prevent COVID
Washington Examiner
Sep 30 2020
Analysis
Why we’re more confident than ever that climate change is driving disasters
The emerging field of climate attribution helps explain the wildfires and hurricanes of 2020.
Back in 2017, record-breaking hurricanes like Maria and wildfires like Tubbs hammered the United States. But the specific role of long-term global warming was a tentative part of the discussion, with scientists speaking of it cautiously, in broad strokes.
Compare that with 2020, where
Vox
Oct 15 2018
Perspectives Blog
Deepfake: When You Can't Believe Your Eyes
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Town Line newspaper.
Fake news. Fake videos. Fake photos. The way things are heading, the 21st century is likely to be known as the Fake Century, and it’s only going to get worse from here.
About a year ago, I came across a short BBC News report. It talked about an initiative by researchers at the University of Washington to
Eric W. Austin
Sep 03 2019
News
'He hurt a lot of people': Democratic senator suggests possible prison time for Mark Zuckerberg
Sen. Ron Wyden said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg should potentially be punished with prison time over the social media giant’s privacy lapses.
“Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy. I think he ought to be held personally accountable, which is everything from financial fines to — and let me underline this — the possibility of a prison term. Because
Washington Examiner
Dec 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Research Center Finds NewsGuard Ratings More Favorable to Left-Wing Outlets
After conducting research using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™, Media Research Center (Right) has said NewsGuard's media credibility ratings are biased toward left-leaning news sites, as it gives left-wing outlets better trust ratings on average than right sources.
According to MRC’s research, NewsGuard, the browser extension that provides trust ratings for more than 7,000 news and
Julie Mastrine
Mar 09 2020
News
Armored Cars, Robots and Coal: North Korea Defies U.S. by Evading Sanctions
WASHINGTON — North Korea has evaded United Nations sanctions for many months by exporting coal, sand and petroleum, and importing luxury goods including armored sedans, alcohol and robotic machinery. The findings are based on an upcoming U.N. report, other assessments using satellite images and shipping data, and interviews with analysts.
The exports provide North Korea with money to
New York Times (News)