Rules vs. reality: How competing views shape the way we use language
From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people really speak.
Americans report more spam calls in 2024 than 2023
So far there have been 34.3 billion robocalls year to date with an estimated 56 billion robocalls in total for 2024 based on year over year trajectory.
Will teachers save our democracy?
A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”
Back to thoughts and prayers: Donald Trump abandons support for enhanced background checks
"It's the people that pull the trigger, it's not the gun that pulls the trigger."
Robot generals
Will they make better decisions than humans -- or worse?
Twenty years after Katrina, the city’s all-charter schools system is failing many families
Despite claims by reform advocates of achieving success, Black children and parents continue to endure a punitive, impersonal, and undemocratic system.
Termites
Since less than 1% of Amerikans earn mega millions each year, it is time for the 99+& of us to say 'Enough is enough'. Only then can we slowly rid our republic of those termites.
Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.
Education and the mental health epidemic
Systems of education built around the ideals of the market that use competition, selection and examinations are contributing to a collective atmosphere of division, injustice and anxiety.
America: One big commercial!
We get more and more commercials as the newest election cycle approaches.