The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves.
It may seem taboo, but I think it’s important that young people discuss money. My friends and I compare savings accounts and starting salaries and even occasionally split purchases by proportion instead of a flat rate. Our reasoning is divide and conquer – if someone learns a little bit of useful information, it’ll help us all navigate what seems to be a constant rotation of terrible markets.
Dear Amy: I’ve been married to my husband for 29 years. He’s a good dad to our grown children and a good husband to me. One thing gives me a lot of anxiety and causes heated arguments: I would like to visit my family and friends in Greece, where I am originally from. He does not have as much time off from work as I do, and he dislikes taking long trips. He’s a homebody.
Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia’s initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine’s contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a historic arms express.
If nations do all that they’ve promised to fight climate change, the world can still meet one of two internationally agreed upon goals for limiting warming. But the planet is blowing past the other threshold that scientists say will protect Earth more, a new study finds.
One of the most gracious concession speeches ever given was that delivered by John McCain after the 2008 election. After congratulating President-elect Obama on his victory, he said that regardless of how people had voted, all Americans should be proud that we as a nation have come far enough for a Black man to be elected president.
The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9% of the American pie white people enjoy.
Dear Amy: I’ve become good friends with a co-worker who started at the same job I did over 12 years ago. I’ve received raises, including two after I changed departments six years ago.
A newly redrawn Kansas congressional map is partisan gerrymandering designed to cost the state’s only Democrat in Congress some of her territory and drown out the voices of minority voters, attorneys representing voters in two heavily affected counties argued in closing arguments Monday.
Recently, a very large white oak tree had to be removed from Leavenworth National Cemetery because it was in decline. The arborist that cut it said that he counted at least 160 rings and that the tree would have been about 25 years old when the cemetery was opened in 1886.