by Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman Questions about gay rights, student loans, voting laws and affirmative action are all unanswered as the court prepares to release its final decisions of the term. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is getting ready to decide some of its biggest cases of the term. The high court has 10 opinions leftContinue reading “The Supreme Court has 10 cases left to decide, including some of the biggest they’ve heard this term”
Category Archives: History in the Making
This Day in History 1990 Americans with Disabilities Ave (ADA) signed into Law & 1908 FBI Founded
On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the most sweeping affirmation of rights for the disabled in American history at the time, into law. As disability rights attorney Arlene Mayerson would later write, the story of the ADA began “when people with disabilities began to challenge societal barriers thatContinue reading “This Day in History 1990 Americans with Disabilities Ave (ADA) signed into Law & 1908 FBI Founded”
History Lesson Tuesdays: The Dangers of Tea Drinking
In nineteenth century Ireland, tea could be a symbol of cultivation and respectability or ill health and chaos, depending on who was drinking it. by Livia Gershon In many places around the world, hospitality means offering guests a cup of tea. As historian Tricia Cusack writes, this was increasingly true in nineteenth-century Ireland. But when theContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: The Dangers of Tea Drinking”
History Lesson Tuesdays: Bodies of the Titanic: Found and Lost Again
by Matthew Wills Ideas about economic class informed decisions about which recovered bodies would be preserved for land burial and which would be returned to the icy seas. The story of the Titanic usually ends with the ship’s sinking in April 1912, the rescue of survivors, and the ensuing scandals and subsequent safety improvements on ocean liners.Continue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Bodies of the Titanic: Found and Lost Again”
Inside Joe Biden’s new student loan repayment plan
by Michael Stratford Alongside his pledge to start over on a plan to cancel student debt, President Joe Biden last week unveiled the final details of his separate student loan repayment program. The program, which has been in the works for more than a year, will permanently reshape how borrowers repay their federal student loans.Continue reading “Inside Joe Biden’s new student loan repayment plan”
More than half of US employers ready to try four-day workweek
by Daniel De Vise More than half of American employers offer a four-day workweek, or plan to, according to a survey released Tuesday. A poll of 976 business leaders by ResumeBuilder.com, the job-seekers website, found that 20 percent of employers already have a four-day workweek. Another 41 percent said they plan to implement a four-day week,Continue reading “More than half of US employers ready to try four-day workweek”
History Lesson Tuesdays: US shoots down UFOs over Lake Huron and Canada
by Tia Ghose The U.S. shot down a UFO over Lake Huron on Sunday, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the U.S. shot down an unidentified flying object over the Yukon, Canada at his request. An unidentified flying object (UFO) was shot down over Lake Huron in Michigan on Sunday (Feb. 12) — the fourthContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: US shoots down UFOs over Lake Huron and Canada”
History Lesson Tuesdays: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. May 23, 1934
On May 23, 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car near Sailes, Louisiana. Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was 16) was serving time in jail for murder. Shortly after theyContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. May 23, 1934”
History Lesson Tuesday: May 16, 1985. Discovery of Ozone Hole announced.
In the scientific journal Nature on May 16, 1985, three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey announce their detection of abnormally low levels of ozone over the South Pole. Their discovery, commonly known as the Ozone Hole, became a palpable example of mankind’s ability to damage the Earth’s atmosphere as well as one of the most famousContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: May 16, 1985. Discovery of Ozone Hole announced.”
History Lesson Tuesday: 1960 FDA Approves “The Pill”.
On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the world’s first commercially produced birth-control pill—Enovid-10, made by the G.D. Searle Company of Chicago, Illinois. Development of “the pill,” as it became popularly known, was initially commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger and funded by heiress Katherine McCormick. Sanger, who opened the first birth-control clinicContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: 1960 FDA Approves “The Pill”.”
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