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Zelenskyy asks Congress for more aid. This time, it’s a tougher sell.The Ukrainian president’s pitch comes as Congress heads toward a possible shutdown and 55% of Americans oppose additional aid to Ukraine.
Forget football. College students are scoring big with esports.More pandemic-resilient than many college activities, esports is offering U.S. campuses a way to attract more students – and to keep them by building a sense of belonging.
First LookNo Labels urges for a bipartisan ‘unity ticket.’ Democrats disagree.Democrats worry a new political party will draw crucial independent votes away from Joe Biden in key swing states. With more than 15,000 voters already registered for No Labels in Arizona, critics say a candidate for the party would be “Jill Stein 2.0.”
First LookSenate confirms Joint Chiefs chair despite Tuberville's stallingGen. CQ Brown is set to succeed Gen. Mark Milley as chair of the senior military body. It’s a small victory for Democrats as Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville continues his holds on other military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.
First LookBiden approves legal status for Venezuelan migrants looking for workHundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants will be granted temporary legal status in the U.S., making it easier for them to get jobs. That’s been a key demand of mayors and governors struggling to provide for an increased number of migrants in their care.
New York’s immigrant spirit tested by influx of asylum-seekersFaced with its biggest migrant influx since Ellis Island, New York City finds itself grappling with how to provide funding and compassion.
- New York’s immigrant spirit tested by influx of asylum-seekers
Faced with its biggest migrant influx since Ellis Island, New York City finds itself grappling with how to provide funding and compassion.
- New York’s immigrant spirit tested by influx of asylum-seekers
Faced with its biggest migrant influx since Ellis Island, New York City finds itself grappling with how to provide funding and compassion.
FocusCould four-day weeks lead to more progress for students?What role does time play in student success? Educators are expanding and contracting school days and weeks, looking for a mix that allows instruction and young people to thrive.
First LookHis Parkland classmates became activists. He created a wellness app.Kai Koerber was a junior at the time of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Five years later, he has used his background in technology to create Joy, an app built on AI that helps people struggling with sadness, grief, or anger.
First LookClimate Corps: Biden creates 20,000 green jobs for young adultsPresident Joe Biden is using executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps. The White House says the program will employ 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels, and help prevent wildfires.
First LookFrom Toni Morrison to Ta-Nehisi Coates, book bannings surgeThe American Library Association reports 2023 as a likely record-breaking year for book challenges in school and public libraries. The ALA’s opposition to bannings has prompted a county in Wyoming and a library in Texas to withdraw their memberships.
Pressed on abortion, Republican candidates adaptAfter overturning Roe v. Wade, the GOP faces a more complex political battleground – with some candidates urging more moderate stances on abortion.
First LookEven after CROWN Act, Texas student suspended for dreadlocksIn the same week that Texas passed the CROWN Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hair, Darryl George – a Black high school student – was suspended because his dreadlocks violated his district’s dress code.
First LookNative American remains to return to Illinois for burial. Why now?A new act signed last month by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker hopes to speed up the recovery and reburial of Native Americans whose remains had been unearthed. Institutions across the state have identified nearly 13,000 individuals to be repatriated.
How one Alabama district found a way to make math scores soarWith its top math scores, a rural school district in Alabama has shown the effectiveness of homegrown approaches. What can other educators learn from the Piedmont model?
Biden at the UN: Old-school internationalism faces a testPresident Biden’s U.N. speech offers him the opportunity to convince his audiences, foreign and domestic, that traditional internationalism is not a relic of a bygone American century.
Congress barrels toward a shutdown with GOP at the wheelWith government funding set to expire Sept. 30, national deficits are worse than they’ve been in decades. Republicans are internally divided over whether to cut a deal or make a stand.
Monitor BreakfastWhy Secretary Cardona is ‘more optimistic than usual’At a Monitor Breakfast, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted his ‘back to school’ tour – then doubled down on his critique of ‘legacy admissions’ and highlighted his nonelite background.
Biden’s double whammy: Impeachment inquiry, son’s legal woesAn impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden and the indictment of his son Hunter on federal gun charges could generate sympathy – and risk – for his reelection campaign.
