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Animal law is the fastest growing legal discipline.
Lumina Foundation wants to help 16.4 million people get a quality credential by 2025, and they’re looking for entrepreneurs with the vision to help realize that goal.
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Our antipathy toward the natural world is bad. But it’s not too late to change.
The solar farm is expected to save the airport millions over the following decades.
We know he is on the left, but why? And how left is left anyhow?
2019 could prove to be the second-hottest year on record.
From the Revolutionary War, to Rosa Parks and #MeToo, whistleblowing and civil disobedience are in America’s DNA.
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A surprising study reveals how people feel about being replaced by robots in their jobs.
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison
Over the weekend, Pete Buttigieg warned of the dangers of white national terrorism. Officials in El Paso agree.
The claim comes after two mass shootings over the weekend that killed, in total, 31 people.
Mass protests alone are never enough.
The new design could help the robot explore disaster zones and other dangerous environments.
Turning salt water into fresh water with the power of the sun.
The federal government is exploring their options to keep up with the border crisis.
Immigrants add way more to the American economy than they take.
A new survey suggests that free money isn’t as popular as you’d suppose.
Why the effects of aging are detrimental to being the U.S. president.
The accounts spread hashtags like #DemDebateSoWhite and #KamalaHarrisDestroyed.
Peaceful protest in the face of Putin.
A former employee says the company was trying to rebrand itself as “cool” and “trendy” in order to attract younger workers.
The fine Facebook just paid was huge, but many in tech say it wasn’t nearly enough to protect your data.
When it comes to cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has long been the king of the hill thanks to its status as the founder of the young industry and its first-mover appeal. A […]
Historian Maragaret O’Mara explains why a tech utopia was, and still might be, a pipe dream.
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Outrage culture is causing provocative issues to be pushed out of public discourse and important artworks to be literally white-washed. Teaching civil discourse at universities is key to sustaining the American experiment.
Have you ever noticed how almost all robots are racialized as white?
The dream of space travel has been usurped by superficiality.
Like it or not, most jobs still require some kind of secondary degree. PeerForward is working with low-income communities to ensure that students aren’t excluded based on their zip code.
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