Sunday Roundup: Pandemic updates, court rulings, and political news

By Robert A. Vella Here’s a news roundup for this Sunday concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, some important court rulings, and Continue reading →

A New Reality: Coronavirus slaps the face of ignorance and complacency

By Robert A. Vella For many years now, if not decades, learned people have been sounding alarms about the fragility Continue reading →

World News Roundup: Coronavirus, Syria, Afghanistan, and Climate Change

By Robert A. Vella Here’s a roundup of world news concerning the public health and economic consequences of the coronavirus Continue reading →

Sebring, Ohio Lead Poisoning Emergency Could Result In Criminal Charges

Lead poisoning has struck again, this time in Sebring, Ohio, according to the state environmental protection agency. As Flint, Michigan, Continue reading →

For-Profit Colleges Face a Loan Revolt by Thousands Claiming Trickery

About 150 former [Corinthian Colleges] students have joined the debt strike. More than 1,000 others are formally asking the Education Continue reading →

Kansas shows us what could happen if Republicans win in 2016 (the decline of K-12 education)

No more pencils, no more books. No more teachers’ dirty looks. Usually this is an anthem of celebration, of respite Continue reading →

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s actions are that of “a mad king”

My kids are into Angry Birds, a game they love for the same reason I once obsessively played Super Mario Continue reading →

Possible legal challenge to Michigan GOP’s anti-democratic Emergency Manager law

Leaders from the Detroit branch of the NAACP plan to meet on Monday to discuss filing another lawsuit against the Continue reading →