The ACT's new ties to a private equity firm are raising eyebrows
As private equity firms have gained a stronger foothold in the American economy, they’ve done little...
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As a Montana city reckons with Pride Month, the pain of exclusion lingers
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The temperature was just above freezing on a Friday night outside the Cowboys B...
The Biden administration owes student debt relief to thousands. Many haven't seen it yet.
On Black Friday, Jason Apley was shopping with his wife when he checked his bank account and noticed...
Latest student debt relief: $5 billion for longtime borrowers, public servants
President Joe Biden approved more student loan relief for another 74,000 borrowers on Friday, waivin...
Columbia University suspends pro-Palestinian and Jewish student clubs
An Ivy League school has cut off two clubs for pro-Palestinian and Jewish students in the latest esc...
As culture wars plague local elections, LGBTQ+ candidates flock to the ballot
As conservatives in recent years have ridden culture-war issues to victory in many local political r...
Gay marriage is legal in Texas. A justice who won't marry same-sex couples heads to court anyway
The Texas Supreme Court is reconsidering the case of a justice of the peace who for years turned awa...
Wi-Fi on the way to school: How FCC vote could impact your kid's ride on the school bus
More school buses across the country could be fitted with Wi-Fi after a vote Thursday by the Federal...
After child's death at Bronx daycare, NYC child care clearances under a magnifying glass
After the September death of a 1-year-old from a fentanyl overdose, New York City officials were pel...
A California professor's pronoun policy went viral. A bomb threat followed.
A viral tweet criticizing a California professor’s policy on pronouns quickly escalated this week in...
Texas teacher fired over Anne Frank graphic novel. The complaint? Sexual content
Administrators fired a middle school teacher in Texas after parents raised concerns that she assigne...
West Point sued for using 'race-based admissions' by group behind Supreme Court lawsuit
The anti-affirmative action group that convinced the Supreme Court in June to deem race-conscious ad...
US News changed its college rankings. Should you use them in your school search?
U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings list of the nation’s best colleges Monday,...
Deadly floatplane crash rushes bystanders into action
A floatplane crash in Washington state left one man dead and another critically injured Friday morni...