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Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

(RNS) — The deportees, who include other minorities, may face harsh penalties for their religious beliefs upon return to the Islamic Republic.

This blog will help you understand the difference of eSIM vs Physical SIM. No tech jargon. No confusing terms. Just a clear, simple explanation.

Major health insurers are threatening to drop renowned cancer centers from their networks during contract negotiations, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's president and CEO Selwyn M. Vickers and chairman Scott M. Stuart wrote in a story published by WSJ. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

: Draft solicitation calls for nearly 30 contractors to mine social media and other open-source data

Gen Z’s worst nightmare: TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat couldn’t be used during school hours.What the bill doesRep. Angie Craig (D-MN2) introduced the No Social Media at School Act, which would require social media companies to use “geofencing” to block access to their products on K-12 school groun...

A Hays County judge on Friday granted fired professor Tom Alter's request for a temporary restraining order reinstating him to his position at Texas State University.

In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. The Executive Order says that IMLS must be reduced to its "statutory functions.” We need your help.

The Trump Administration is ramping up its ongoing effort to curtail press freedom. While much attention has been paid to ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! under pressure from Trump’s media enforcer, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendon Carr, the Pentagon has announced draconian ne...

(RNS) — We need theologies that bring us deeper into the society’s pain, not dreams of an escape hatch.

Our civilization may be facing a “single gargantuan crash,” but collapse isn’t destiny. It’s a choice.

Strawman atheism is so much easier to defeat than actual atheism. One can't blame evangelicals for preferring it.

Fort Worth ISD is among the districts that could join Houston in having its elected board deposed, while Beaumont and Edgewood ISDs offer a cautionary tale.

(RNS) — A proposed rule governing which nonprofits can benefit from a loan forgiveness program gives the Trump administration the power to crack down on left-leaning groups.

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Funding for National History Day, which runs a competition that engages students in original research, was slashed by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration is using money earmarked for colleges that serve large populations of minority students to support a host of other education priorities.

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: Privacy advocates don't care if Paragon is based in the US now - they still don't want ICE armed with spyware

House leaders just dropped their FY26 education bill, slashing $12.1 billion (15%) in K-12 funding for public education. It guts the very programs that keep our public schools running — while boosting charter start-up/expansion to $500,000,000. What they’re cutting: Title I: –27% slashed — funding that provides targeted education services like remedial reading, with the worst impact targeting students in high-poverty schools in cities and rural communities. English Language Acquisition Grants: Gone. Title II-A (teacher training & support): Eliminated. Full-Service Community Schools: Zeroed out. Cuts of this magnitude will crowd classrooms, strip student supports, widen inequities, and push more schools into crisis — especially in rural and high-need communities. Send your letter now.

These measures touch nearly every aspect of life, from education and healthcare to public safety, property rules and support for first responders. With so many changes coming at once, Texans can expect a variety of noticeable impacts on their daily lives.