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Sep 10 2024
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Quilting guild pieces together education, socializing, charity work
Quilting can be much more than a hobby. Sometimes it can save a life. That’s the case for Lucy Klass of Glenwood, president of Quilters Plus, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. “I can tell you personally that I lost my son a few years ago and quilting saved my sanity,” Klass said. “It was therapeutic.” “You can go at it any time of day or night,” she said. “Just sit at your
Chicago TribuneAug 21 2024
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Parents of an American-Israeli hostage
As Vice President Kamala Harris develops her policy vision, she often comes back to what one top adviser described on Wednesday as the “wedding album” question. “She uses this analogy of when you go to somebody’s house and they have their wedding album sitting on their coffee table,” said Rohini Kosoglu, a longtime policy adviser to Harris. “And you start flipping through, and she’s like ‘What
PoliticoSep 07 2024
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PBS Promotes Author Accusing 'Far Right' of Attacking Voting Rights, Rigging Elections
On Tuesday's Amanpour & Company on PBS and CNN International, Hari Sreenivasan interviewed a former editor of the far-left website Salon.com who accuses the Republican Party of a grand conspiracy theory in a book titled Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections. Not only did he push the liberal narrative that it is racial discrimination to require
NewsBustersSep 05 2024
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How parents and caregivers can evaluate the research on MERT and other potential treatments
As diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder have increased in the last two decades, so have the number of experimental and off-label therapies seeking to address the condition. For parents navigating the complex and often contradictory landscape of autism interventions — while also balancing medical appointments, educational specialists and countless other family needs — evaluating these
Los Angeles TimesSep 16 2024
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What It’s Like to Be a College Student Whose Parents Can’t Let Go
As Sofia, a 17-year-old Ivy League freshman, goes about her day at a university a 10-hour drive from her hometown, her mom tracks her location. She watches as Sofia (not her real name) leaves her dorm and heads to the dining hall, then leaves the dining hall to go to class. When Sofia spends hours at the library, her mom can watch the little blue blinking dot on “Find My Friends” and see just
SlateSep 16 2024
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AOC is right: Jill Stein’s campaign is not serious
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently made headlines for calling perennial Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein “predatory” and “not serious.” AOC is right. Giving voters more choices is a good thing for democracy. But third-party politics isn’t performance art. It’s hard work — which Stein is not doing. As AOC observed: “[When] all you do is show up once every four years to speak to
SalonSep 13 2024
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Fox News and right-wing media ignore Trump’s embrace of far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer
Right-wing media outlets are ignoring Donald Trump’s embrace of far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, shielding their audience from the uproar amid condemnation from top Republicans. In recent days, Donald Trump has mingled with Loomer, the radical conspiracy theorist who has a well-documented history of pushing racist, sexist, Islamophobic and homophobic hate. Loomer has been banned
CNN DigitalSep 12 2024
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Gaming for Democracy: New Video Game Trialed to Educate Future Voters
The Australian Electoral Commission launched a trial of the program in July, with plans to release it nationwide by 2025. An Australian flag flies atop Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 8, 2024. An Australian flag flies atop Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 8, 2024. Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times Students could soon engage with election video games aimed at teaching
The Epoch TimesSep 16 2024
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Maryland Parents Ask Justices to Hear Appeal of School Policy Pushing Gender, Sexuality Pre-K to 5th Graders
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A group of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish parents in Maryland petitioned the Supreme Court on Thursday to ask it to take up a case regarding school board policies that keep parents in the dark on books with themes about “gender” and “sexuality” being taught to children. The case originates from the Montgomery County Board of Education instituting an “inclusive”
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