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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
By James Gallagher On October 2, 2023 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize. The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given…
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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt. By Colbi Edmonds On October 11, 2023 When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018, Calhoun County schools were ravaged. Winds of 160 miles per hour…
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Federal judge throws out hiring discrimination lawsuit against Texas A&M
The judge tossed the suit after the university argued a new state law that will go into effect in January, Senate Bill 17, already prohibits preferential treatment in hiring at public universities. By Kate McGee On September 29, 2023 A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Texas A&M University claiming a faculty fellowship program at…
Read MoreJustice Department Secures $9 Million Agreement with Washington Trust Company to Resolve Redlining Claims in Rhode Island
On September 27, 2023 The Justice Department announced today that Washington Trust Company (Washington Trust), the oldest community bank in the nation, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island. Redlining is an illegal…
Read MoreRacist graffiti sprayed on Marquette University campus reappears
KKK message draws condemnation By Nick Bohr On October 2, 2023 MILWAUKEE — On a busy stretch of sidewalk on the Marquette University campus on Wells Street near 16th Street, silver spray paint masks an ugly message, that just won’t go away. “I came to Milwaukee in 1970. And I’ve seen quite a bit of this,”…
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Poll: Disinformation About ‘Open Borders’ Helps Spur Migrant Surge
By Alfredo Corchado, The Dallas Morning News, Updated at 9:12 PM on Sep 26, 2023. EL PASO – Disinformation about “open border” policies is helping spur a massive wave of Central American migrants to take the perilous journey north to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a poll by America’s Voice, a national advocacy group pushing for…
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Can Local Universities Help Get More Social Workers in Maryland Schools?
Sarah True, The Baltimore Banner, Published 10/2/2023 5:30 a.m. EDT. When she was a kid, Bianca Collins was shy and flew under the radar. She was bullied about her appearance in elementary and middle school, which damaged her self-esteem in ways that persisted into her adult life. She was “too afraid to open up” at the time,…
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Despite High Funding, Baltimore City Schools Struggle with Alarmingly Low Math Scores: Who Will Take Action?
by Chris Papst, Fox45 News, Mon, October 2nd 2023, 9:30 PM CDT BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore City Public Schools has a $1.7 Billion budget. Per student, that’s one of the highest in the nation among large school systems. But a recent Project Baltimore investigation found math scores across the district are alarmingly low. This is not a…
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Home Key to Civil Rights Movement Coming to Greenfield Village
By Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, Updated October 2, 2023, 4:41pm A home key to the Civil Rights Movement is moving to Dearborn, more than 800 miles away from its current location in Selma, Alabama. Thanks to a $5 million grant from the Erb Family Foundation, the home of Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan Jackson is…
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