Written By Lexx Thornton A bill currently moving through the Florida House (HB 127) seeks to make cursive handwriting mandatory for public elementary school students from grades two through five. If passed, the bill would require students to be actively taught cursive
Written By Lexx Thornton A bill currently moving through the Florida House (HB 127) seeks to make cursive handwriting mandatory for public elementary school students from grades two through five. If passed, the bill would require students to be actively taught cursive writing and, critically, would mandate that they be tested for proficiency by the
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Written By Lexx Thornton Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry, 56, has stepped forward to combat food insecurity resulting from the ongoing government shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history. Perry has donated nearly $1.4 million to several organizations to support families facing the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The need
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Written By Lexx Thornton The 250 Forward Project is being launched this week to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This landmark law expanded access to higher education for millions of Americans. The 250 Forward Project debuts this week at the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP)
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Written By Lexx Thornton In an era defined by the dizzying acceleration of artificial intelligence, the United States military finds itself wrestling with the role of powerful, consumer-grade tools like ChatGPT in its command structure. The debate reached a flashpoint when Major General William “Hank” Taylor, the Commanding General of the 8th Field Army in
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Written By Lexx Thornton Former First Lady Michelle Obama is set to dominate the publishing world once again with her latest release, The Look, which traces her style evolution from her early public life to her post-White House era. The anticipation is immense, with the book widely expected to replicate the historic success of her
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Written By Lexx Thornton Michael Jackson, the late King of Pop, continues to reign over the financial charts, leading Forbes’ annual ranking of the highest-paid deceased celebrities. Jackson secured the top spot for the third consecutive year—and the 13th time overall—with an estimated pretax earnings of $105 million over the past year. Since his death
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Written By Lexx Thornton Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has issued an administrative order mandating an immediate pause on residential evictions and water service shutoffs in response to the looming federal lapse in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) funding. The federal funding suspension threatens to leave approximately 42 million Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Atlanta
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Written By Lexx Thornton The current government shutdown began after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement on a stopgap spending bill, coming at a time of political friction over healthcare spending and President Donald Trump’s actions. The deadlock has resulted in hundreds of thousands of federal workers being indefinitely furloughed or required to
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Written By Lexx Thornton A leading food scientist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is part of a team that has received the most competitive grant offered by the National Institutes of Health to investigate whether plant-rich diets can become the newest weapon in the fight against cardiovascular disease. Shengmin Sang, Ph.D., Distinguished
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Written By Lexx Thornton The proliferation of advanced artificial intelligence tools is enabling a surge in white-collar fraud, with employees increasingly using AI image generators from companies like Google and OpenAI to create and submit sophisticated fake expense receipts, according to a recent report by the Financial Times. The new technology has rapidly created a
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