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Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey was vice president of student affairs at her alma mater, Lincoln University, in southeastern Pennsylvania. Tragically, in early January, she died by suicide. For more than two decades, she had worked…

Ground zero for the movement is the American Southwest. Throughout most of 2024, independents were the largest bloc of registered voters in Arizona (now just a hair behind Republicans). The same is true for neighboring Nevada. But…

Every year, the United States Census Bureau conducts the American Community Survey to capture up-to-date information on people’s experiences on everything from employment rates to housing costs. And every year, the ACS minimizes the…

CVS and Walgreens recently announced that select drugstore locations will stock mifepristone, a medication used to end an early pregnancy and to support miscarriage care. This demonstrates what we’ve known all along: Mifepristone can and…

In the dynamic world of technology, where innovation is the key to progress, the semiconductor industry has emerged as a beacon of opportunity for engineers across the globe. The promise of investment from the federal CHIPS and Science…

In December of 2021, the expanded child tax credit – a focal point of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in March of 2021 during a height of the COVID-19 pandemic – was on the verge of expiring. The case for an extension was compelling:…

Just days before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan proclaimed a “quieter” Middle East, and, with faintly concealed satisfaction, declared how little attention he – and thus the nation – needs…

Though the parties and pundits have been quick to anoint President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as their presumptive nominees, many voters still have an important opportunity to make their voices heard on Super Tuesday.…

The hearing last week to determine whether the legal team of Fani Willis – the chief prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump – should be disqualified because of an alleged conflict of interest bound up…

The latest polls in the presidential election show a very close race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – a matchup that still technically remains hypothetical, since Trump still has a challenger for the GOP…

On Jan. 1, the Trans Health Equity Act took effect in Maryland, expanding the state’s Medicaid program to cover a comprehensive array of gender-affirming health care services – from hormone therapy and lab testing to surgery and…

As we face this election year, fears about America’s divisions are palpable. Some feel the survival of our democracy hangs by a thread. Disagreements over all sorts of major political and social issues have been on the rise, as Gallup…

Parents and educators are well aware of the heavy toll that COVID-19 has taken on learning, school attendance, the mental health of students and educators, and school staffing. Over the course of the pandemic, Congress set aside billions…

After the tragic death of three American service members in Jordan due to a drone attack by an Iran-backed Iraqi resistance group, President Joe Biden must respond. At one level, this tragedy is no shock; Iran-based groups – not even…

Twenty years ago, my parents’ and grandparents’ generations still referred to depression as “the blues.” My grandmother always shared her memory of cancer being only ever referred to as “the C-word” in the ‘80s. Suicide was virtually not…

A spate of recent incidents has focused renewed attention on the longstanding and increasing efforts of violent far-right extremists to recruit and radicalize serving and retired members of the United States military. The Jan. 6 assault…

Since the onset of Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and the West Bank after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, debates have arisen among historians and media pundits about Martin Luther King Jr.’s stance on Israel and its conflicts with…

It began a half century ago, in 1971, with the world in a difficult spot. At first, the idea was to learn how European firms could adapt to the new management practices then gaining favor in the U.S.Within a few years, the U.S. had…