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How storytelling, creativity and collaborations can inspire climate action

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

The Conversation

Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government

The Guardian - US

‘No exemptions, no exceptions’: Trump slaps 25% tariffs on steel, aluminium

US president says measures are a response to domestic industry being ‘pummelled by both friend and foe alike’.

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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Urges Trump to Avoid Deportation Deal with Maduro, Send Deportees To Third Countries

Edmundo González said receiving Venezuelans would help Nicolas Maduro tighten his grip on power

Latin Times

Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan and American University economist Rafiuddin Najam, analyzed the economic benefit of this societal change, using data…

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Gen Z grad landed internship by wearing her university baseball cap to her pizza joint job

“I decided to resort to unusual networking methods,” says Ayala Ossowski, who recited an elevator pitch to pizza restaurant customers.

Fortune

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

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Famous Election Forecaster Brutally Mocked for Horrible Kamala Victory Prediction: 'Moo Deng Was More Accurate'

Social media users have taken to the internet to deride historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman after his predictions surrounding the 2024 elections turned out to be inaccurate.

Latin Times

Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter?

Given the comparisons to Hitler and Mussolini, experts say it’s important to remember that fascism is a process

The Guardian - US

Inside The University Course Teaching Economics Through Taylor Swift: 'It's Really Inspiring'

The course was supposed to be a one-time thing, but American University already has plans to offer "Swiftonomics" again in the spring due to immense interest.

International Business Times

Inside the University Course Teaching Economics Through Taylor Swift: 'It's Really Inspiring'

The course was supposed to be a one-time thing, but American University already has plans to offer "Swiftonomics" again in the spring due to immense interest.

Latin Times

Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds

Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell

The Guardian - US

AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds

Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers’ minds

The Guardian - UK

Kamala Harris will win election, predicts leading historian Allan Lichtman

Polling ‘Nostradamus’, said to have correctly forecast since 1984 all races except Gore’s loss, says Trump on track to lose

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Will Tim Walz’s selection as Harris’s running mate shift the US election?

Harris’s choice for vice president has energised Democrats. But experts are split over if it will make a difference.

Reason

Judicial Boycotts of Non-Elite Schools

In April 2009, a law student at American University asked Justice Scalia how a student from her school could become "outrageously successful" without "connections and elite degrees." (The clip begins around 52:00.) Scalia laughed out loud. He answered, "Just work hard and be very good." But then he digressed to…

Al Jazeera

US elections are six months away. How does the race stand and what’s next?

As November vote nears, here are the key issues and challenges facing presumptive nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

WEKU

The IRS touts improved customer service and a hassle free filing option

With less than a month before the tax filing deadline, the IRS says tax season is going smoothly. The agency is investing billions of dollars to improve service and beef up tax enforcement.

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Patrick Butler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from APTS

America’s Public Television Stations also gave its 2024 Pillar of Public Service Award to Molly Phillips, former executive director and GM of Iowa PBS

WEKU

Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus

Three university presidents defended their responses to rising antisemitism in a House committee hearing Tuesday. Many have faced scrutiny as they struggle to balance free speech with student safety.

The Independent UK

A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a political firestorm in Missouri

A longshot Republican candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera’s Folly Bah Thibault appointed to UN education fund

The acclaimed international journalist from Guinea has been appointed as a Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait.

The Conversation

What's at stake as protests rock Israel: 3 essential reads on democracy, security and human rights

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, after 12 weeks of growing protest against his proposed judicial reforms, said he will order a temporary halt to the changes that aimed to rein in the power of Israel’s judiciary and grant virtually unaccountable power to politicians.

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College Basketball Predictions For Every Game. Monday, February 13

College basketball predictions for every game along with the schedule, game times, and how to watch on Monday, February 13

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College Basketball Predictions For Every Game. Wednesday, February 8

College basketball predictions for every game along with the schedule, game times, and how to watch on Wednesday, February 8

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