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Betsy DeVos’ Legacy: Transforming How The Education Department Treats Civil Rights

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has spent months failing to make meaningful progress on urgent complaints of education discrimination relating to COVID-19, even as the pandemic continues to turn schools upside [...]
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Goodbye, Betsy: Speculation Increases Over The Next Education Secretary

Democrats in the education world are ready to say goodbye to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, but divides within the party about who should replace her fall along familiar lines. On one side, labor leaders like [...]
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Stanford Faculty Condemns ‘Objectionable’ Colleague Scott Atlas

Stanford University’s faculty senate issued a forceful condemnation of its controversial colleague and President Donald Trump’s health adviser, Scott Atlas, for spreading disinformation about COVID-19, saying that his behavior is “anathema to our values and belief [...]
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Democratic Senators Split On Wiping Out Student Loan Debt

Democratic senators are split on whether President-elect Joe Biden should move unilaterally to wipe out student debt upon taking office, a possible reflection of both how far progressives are from persuading the incoming administration to [...]
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Ex-Harvard Fencing Coach, Parent Charged In $1.5 Million Admissions Bribery Scheme

Harvard University’s former head fencing coach was charged Monday along with a parent in an alleged $1.5 million bribery scheme to get the businessman’s sons into the school as fencing recruits. Peter Brand, 67, and [...]

What To Buy And What To Avoid On Black Friday

November 26, 2020 0

Holiday shopping might be a lot different this year due to the coronavirus, but plenty of Americans are still planning to do some major spending over Thanksgiving weekend. According to a survey by RetailMeNot, Americans [...]
This Is What Retail Insiders And Experts Plan To Buy On Black Friday

November 24, 2020 0
Here Are The Sad & Funny Holiday Gifts Employees Would Actually Want To Get

November 22, 2020 0
Why 2020 Is The Year Of All Years To Boycott Black Friday

November 20, 2020 0
People Really, Really Don’t Want A Company Holiday Party This Year

November 18, 2020 0

Is It Safe to Fly During the Coronavirus Pandemic?

November 26, 2020 0

“Each of these segments involves unique activities, such as storing and retrieving luggage, using seat trays while eating, using entertainment systems, standing in the aisle and using the lavatory,” the study’s authors wrote. When a [...]
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know

November 24, 2020 0
Holiday Table Decoration Activity – The New York Times

November 22, 2020 0
What 635 Epidemiologists Are Doing for Thanksgiving

November 20, 2020 0
‘How Did We Not Know?’ Gun Owners Confront a Suicide Epidemic

November 18, 2020 0

$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests

November 26, 2020 0

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to celebrate a wedding inside a cavernous hall in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood earlier this month, dancing and singing with hardly a mask in sight. The wedding was meticulously planned, and [...]
France’s Dragnet for Extremists Sweeps Up Some Schoolchildren, Too

November 24, 2020 0
Trump Using Last Days to Lock In Policies and Make Biden’s Task More Difficult

November 22, 2020 0
David Perdue Profited from a Navy Contractor’s Stock While Overseeing the Naval Fleet.

November 20, 2020 0
Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump?

November 18, 2020 0

Fly Fishing the Ernest Hemingway Way

November 26, 2020 0

WHEN ERNEST Hemingway’s well-worn steamer trunk containing his fly-fishing gear disappeared from a train bound for Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1940, the loss was so crushing that the author never again waded in the shallows. [...]
Are Extreme DIY Home Improvement Projects Worth the Risk?

November 24, 2020 0
From Mergers and Acquisitions to Frozen Waffles

November 22, 2020 0
Covid-Era Exhibits Promote Art As Therapy

November 18, 2020 0
The Effects of Massive Wildfires Can Reach the Stratosphere and Linger for Months

November 16, 2020 0