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Apr 24 2024
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Iran expands public crackdown on women and girls, sparking public anger
Videos posted to social media show police detaining women after a nationwide campaign to enforce mandatory hijab in Iran. (Video: Vahid Online (left), Vahid Online (center), Tavaana (right)) The police are not “backtracking,” but rather trying to find a way to carry out the crackdown with “less friction,” according to Tara Sepehri Far, a senior Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch. “They don’
Washington PostApr 06 2024
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OPINION EXCHANGE
Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. This article was submitted on behalf of several parents with interest in the Edina Public Schools. Their names are listed below. At the Edina school board's March meeting, the board members faced an unenviable task — closing a $3.6 million
Star TribuneApr 28 2024
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Northampton program supplies Narcan to public
NORTHAMPTON — Northampton health officials are supplying quantities of Narcan to the public in what they call Noloxboxes: readily available, weatherproof, wall- or post-mounted boxes, containing anywhere from four to 12 doses of the anti-overdose medication. Health Commissioner Meredith O’Leary, with the Northampton Department of Health and Human Services, said that, as far back as 2017, the
MassLive.comApr 27 2024
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‘Loop as Lab’ exhibit at Chicago Cultural Center lets public plan city’s future
CHICAGO — In a big city known for big ideas on architecture, it’s sometimes the smaller ideas that can help reinvent. The latest exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center gives us the voice to renew, rewild, reconnect and reside in the Chicago of the future. Eleanor Gorski from the Chicago Architecture Center says the exhibit allows the public to give their opinion and a voice in decision
WGNApr 13 2024
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Public health officials warn Los Angeles area public of measles exposure
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning the Los Angeles area public of exposure to measles from a non-Los Angeles County resident who traveled through the area March 30 through April 1. Measles spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs, or sneezes. The virus can stay in the air and on surfaces for hours, even after the infected person
CBS News (Online)Apr 27 2024
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Exploring the history of data-driven arguments in public life
Political debates today may not always be exceptionally rational, but they are often infused with numbers. If people are discussing the economy or health care or climate change, sooner or later they will invoke statistics. It was not always thus. Our habit of using numbers to make political arguments has a history, and William Deringer is a leading historian of it. Indeed, in recent years
MIT NewsApr 16 2024
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Former Denver Public Schools communications director accuses superintendent of keeping information from public
Former Denver Public Schools Executive Director of Communications Will Jones claims the district's superintendent is trying to keep information from the public. Jones left DPS in February after nine years with the district. He served under several superintendents during his time with the district. Jones said DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero should not be instituting policies that shield
CBS News (Online)Apr 28 2024
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Australia Considers Legislating Against ‘Online Abuse of Public Figures’
The Labor government has opened a public consultation on the Online Safety Act to ‘keep Australians safe.’ The Albanese Labor government is considering broadening the Online Safety Act to include online hate and artificial intelligence. Labor Communications Minister Michelle Rowland advised the government is looking at how it can strengthen the Online Safety Act to “keep Australians safe.” A
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