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From Preschool to Community College Tuition: What Whitmer Wants to Give Away Free
By Lori Higgins | January 25, 2024, 8:33am CST Updated: January 25, 2024, 8:57am CST Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised Wednesday to make the state’s free preschool available to all 4-year-olds regardless of family income, two years ahead of schedule. In her annual State of the State address, Whitmer also said she would urge lawmakers to expand an existing program that…
Advocates for Michigan Foster Youth Hope Education Reforms Will Pass This Year
By Hannah Dellinger | January 18, 2024, 10:30am CST When Christian Goode transferred from a traditional high school to Lakeside Academy, a state-licensed residential foster care facility near Kalamazoo, some of his academic records never made it over. As a result, he had to repeat an entire year of classes, and redo school work he had already completed.…
Detroit Students Getting Limited Food Options Due to Strike at Distributor
By Lori Higgins and Orlando Bailey | January 11, 2024, 12:18pm CST Meal options will be limited for students in the Detroit school district for the next week or two because an employee strike against the district’s main food distributor is causing disruptions in service. Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, told district families…
Thanks to the Supreme Court, attacks on LGBTQ rights are exploding
By Sarah Posner January 25, 2024 According to a new report, over 1,000 bills in state legislatures in 2023 sought to undermine equal rights. A new report from the advocacy group American Atheists lays out yet another way in which America is rapidly becoming a nation of haves and have nots: the residents of blue states who…
The year Sudan plunged into darkness
By Oscar Rickett On December 20. 2023 Four years on from a democratic revolution, Sudanese have seen their country torn apart by war, with mass killings, sexual violence and wholesale destruction In the early months of 2023, everyone came to Khartoum. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met Sudan’s ruling general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in the first week of…
Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town
By Jean-yves Kamale On January 26, 2024 KINSHASA, CONGO – At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country’s conflict-battered east. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured…
Rohingya migrants speak out on never-ending nightmare as they flee through Asia
More than 4,500 Rohingya fled Myanmar last year, the UN said. ByBritt Clennett, Karson Yiu, Lindsey Griswold, Karishma Vyas, and Ivan Pereira On January 27, 2024 For the last seven years, Rohingya Muslims in southeast Asia have been facing a never-ending nightmare that they say follows them to every place they’ve fled. Hundreds of thousands…
Ex-Melania Aide Issues Warning to Women About Donald Trump
By Nick Mordowanec On January 17, 2024 The 2024 presidential election is about “choice” and women will decide the next commander-in-chief, says Melania Trump‘s former aide and friend. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was formerly an aide and close confidant of the ex-first lady. Winston Wolkoff, who began her career in the New York arts and fashion world, developed…
Biden’s campaign pushes abortion rights in the 2024 battle with Republicans
By Chris Megerian On January 18, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection team is preparing a nationwide series of events and an advertising campaign focused on the battle over abortion rights, highlighting what Democrats believe will be a potent political weapon against likely Republican nominee Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris has led the charge…