The rush to deploy powerful new generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, has raised alarms about potential harm and misuse.
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Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people.
Despite the End of Title 42, Restrictions on Asylum Seekers are Expected to Continue Under Biden Administration
A Trump administration immigration order, Title 42, that allowed U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants at the U.S. southern border – with no exceptions for asylum-seekers – expired May 11, 2023.
4 Factors that Contributed to the Record Low History Scores for US Eighth Graders
When national student test scores revealed recently that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as an “outright failure that should concern every parent across the country.”
Obesity in Children is Rising Dramatically, and it Comes with Major Health Consequences
In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age.
Harry Belafonte Leveraged Stardom for Social Change, His Powerful Voice Always Singing a Song for Justice
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the then-attorney general of the United States.
Latino Youth Struggle with Sense of Belonging in School
Latino youth in middle and high school have a lower sense of belonging at school and in the community overall when compared with white peers.
Parents Tend to Choose Their Children’s Schools Based on Their Own Educational Experience
Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.
Social Security May be Failing Well Over a Million People with Disabilities
More than half of U.S. adults over the age of 50 with work-limiting disabilities – likely over 1.3 million people – do not receive the Social Security disability benefits they may need
Why is Tax Day on April 18 This Year?
Mid-April has arrived. And along with the spring sunshine, that means the often dreaded civic duty of finishing off one’s taxes.