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“Eleanor LeCain talks about defending our democracy from a Russian cyber-attack with Danielle Root, lead author of the new report “Election Security in All 50 States: Defending America’s Election” and the voting rights manager at the Center for American Progress.” Download this episode (right click and save)
63 Percent of Americans Are Represented By A Congressional Climate Denier Turns out most Americans disagree with their congressional representative on climate change. Sixty-seven percent of Americans support action to combat global climate change, yet 63 percent of Americans—more than 202 million people—are represented by a member of Congress who questions or denies the science behind human-caused climate change, according to new research from the Center …
On Friday, a team of researchers led by Stanford economist Raj Chetty released a paper on how growing up in poverty affects boys and girls differently. Their core finding: Boys who grow up in poor families fare substantially worse in adulthood, in terms of employment and earnings, than girls who grow up in the same circumstances. (The Washington Post has a good write-up of …
In the Land of the Free, one-quarter of the entire planet’s prison population, some 2.2 million people, currently languish behind bars; yet, an astonishing number of them — around 2 million — have never been to trial. Indeed, these figures categorically debunk the notion the criminal justice system in the United States maintains any semblance of its formation’s original intent: …
Today Show: Update to California School Vaccine Law Guest Speaker: Shelley Tzorfas – Specialized Tutoring/ Learning Assessments http://www.betterschoolresults.com/ Shelley Tzorfas has been working with children, teens, and young adults who have learning disabilities, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and other special needs. With over 20 years experience, she has created ways to help these children succeed in academics and social goals while teaching parents how …
