Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum who struck chord by sharing struggles, dies at 47 Mandisa, who turned her “American Idol” fame into a Grammy-winning string of hits and struck a chord with fans for sharing her struggles, was found dead in her Nashville home. 04/19/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link
Olympic gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash. Olympians? Not so much. The International Olympic Committee has always resisted that sort of thing. 04/16/2024 - 10:45 am | View Link
The Voice of the People — Episode 9: North Dakota politics with party leaders For episode nine of The Voice of the People Podcast, Nicholas Quallich spoke with ND GOP Chairwoman Sandi Sanford and ND Dem-NPL Chairman Adam Goldwyn about their respective party’s state ... 04/15/2024 - 10:59 am | View Link
Editorial: Governor, lawmakers finally move to the middle ground on budget The notion that a budget is a reflection of values is oft repeated around statehouse halls each year as executive and legislative branches spar over what to fund and what to exclude, what to support ... 04/13/2024 - 3:19 am | View Link
Two gun parts makers agree to halt sales in Philly Two of America’s leading gun parts manufacturers have agreed to temporarily halt sales of their products in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, city officials said Thursday, announcing a ... 04/11/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition. In fact, we believe it’s flawed and magical thinking, either vaguely crazy or downright stupid.
Israel’s war in Gaza has roiled college campuses across America, as students have set up encampments and rallied against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, sparking free speech debates and creating sharp divisions with members of government, alumni, donors, other students, and some faculty amid accusations of antisemitism.
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Emerging as one of the most prominent and controversial figureheads of the opposition to pro-Palestinian protesters is Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who is Jewish and Israeli American and has recently found himself barred from parts of Columbia’s New York campus amid the latest flareup in tensions.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
A white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.
The U. S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergency situations under a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat patients with life-threatening conditions.
The case marks the second abortion-related challenge to come before the Justices this term, following the Court’s decision in Dobbs v.