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Father and child stand outside closed National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Jan. 2, 2019. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

The shutdown: Drowning government in the bathtub

The government shutdown provided a short-term version of what some activists have long wanted: A government small enough so that you could ‘drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.’
Main Standfirst: Según los investigadores, los estereotipos negativos sobre la capacidad de las niñas para estudiar carreras científicas podrían desanlentarlas de estudiar estas. Rawpixel.com/www.shutterstock.com

Cómo alentar a las niñas a estudiar carreras científicas y matemáticas: 7 estrategias

Los estereotipos podrían desalentar a las niñas a estudiar carreras STEM, pero la investigación sugiere varias formas en que los padres y maestros pueden ayudar a cambiar las cosas
Researchers found that families who send their children off to college face an increased risk for foreclosure. Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to college? Think again

The odds of foreclosure double for families who send their kids off to college, according to two researchers who say their findings show a need for new ways for Americans pay for higher education.
Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson swears in William D. Ruckelshaus as his deputy. Both men later resigned rather than carry out Nixon’s order to fire the Watergate special prosecutor. AP/John Duricka

Today’s GOP leaders have little in common with those who resisted Nixon

Republicans in Congress today are different than GOP figures who challenged President Nixon during Watergate. GOP leaders now stand in contrast to those who once chose country over loyalty to one man.
A woman cools down in a water fountain as she beats the heat in Montreal on Monday, July 2, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Climate change can be deadly if you live alone

Heatwave deaths this summer make it clear: climate change is a severe public health threat, and those who live alone are at greatest risk.
Students at the American Memorial School, Tabriz, 1923. shahrefarang.com

Iran and America: A forgotten friendship

There was a time when Iran and America were friends. Americans founded schools there, helped Iran handle financial crises and trained the country’s first generation of doctors. Could that happen again?
De acuerdo con un nuevo estudio, los estudiantes multilingües han progresado de forma constante en los últimos años. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Los estudiantes multilingües en EEUU logran mejores resultados que nunca

Informes aseguran que el progreso académico de los estudiantes multilingües se ha ‘estancado’, pero los investigadores hallan nuevas razones para ser optimistas sobre su rendimiento académico.
Federal guidance on race is college admissions is changing. www.shutterstock.com

Considering race in college admissions: 3 questions answered

The Trump administration recently announced it will reverse several policy memos outlining how colleges and universities can use race as a factor in admissions. Will diversity on campus take a hit?

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