The Clinton Foundation’s Too Small to Fail is joining forces with pediatricians and others in a literacy push aimed at low-income families: prescribed reading.
Protesting commencement speakers: What happened to free speech on campus?
Several high-profile commencement speakers have withdrawn or been ‘disinvited’ because of protests. Free-speech advocates worry that today’s students only want speech they like.
The school discipline guidelines are a response to a growing body of statistics showing both the costs of harsh disciplinary policies and the frequent inequities in how they’re applied.
Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky, widely viewed as a presidential prospect in 2016, said through a spokesman that he will be more careful in the future in attributing sources for his speeches.
Senate leaders said Monday that they were optimistic that they would reach a deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit. But time is short, and the House is a wild card.
After ousting two state senators last month for backing gun-control legislation, activists aim to recall Sen. Evie Hudak. If the recall bid succeeds, Republicans take control of the Senate.
The statistics for the storm that produced the Colorado floods are stunning. But there was a very similar storm in 1938, suggesting nature can surprise even without human help.
After Colorado floods, state will rebuild, but should it ‘redo’?
The Colorado floods are leading to a massive rebuilding effort, but with winter closing in, the question is whether the state can wait to rebuild better and smarter, or whether it must simply move fast.
For the thousands in Colorado displaced by the floods, the uncertainty is the hardest part. Even homes left standing may be inaccessible for months, and the future of entire communities could be in doubt.