New York, NY — Have you ever seen Black children speaking Chinese? If not, watch the video below (It’s truly amazing!). It’s called the Global Language Project (GLP), and its an after-school language program in New York City that teaches teache ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 11:38AM
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The Washington Post- Tom Goldstein evaluates the long-term consequences of Tuesday’s dual court rulings on federal subsidies. “The issue is so close and contentious that it is basically inevitable that the Supreme Court will have to resolve it. I ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 10:53AM
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JULY 23, 2014 When Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977, the first man to greet him at home plate was his friend and teammate, rookie Glenn Burke. Overcome with happiness, Burke did the first thing that came to mind ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 10:16AM
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation Tuesday that starts the process of replacing Common Core Standards with a more localized approach. Created in 2010, the program offers a series of guidelines showing what children should know about ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 10:19PM
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The opening arguments for the Theodore Wafer, the man who shot and killed Renisha McBride began July 23rd. McBride is the 19-year-old woman who was in a car accident in Dearborn Heights, a mostly white town bordering Detroit, in the early hours of No ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 7:33PM
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Bullying in nursing has been an issue of concern for decades. There are different names for bullying, including lateral violence, horizontal hostility, aggression, and incivility. Regardless of the name it still means the same thing, i.e., it is on ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 5:19PM
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"I was just minding my own business. Every time you see me you want to mess with me. I'm tired of it. It stops today!" I made the mistake of watching the video in which NYPD choke and arrest 43-year-old Staten Island resident Eric Garner until he w ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 11:50AM
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In a new expose’ video released today, a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director says Planned Parenthood put a price on the value of a human life: $313.29. That’s the amount of money Abby Johnson says the Planned Parenthood abortion c ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 11:22AM
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Here’s a unique way pregnant women are celebrating life! Women are commissioning an artist in England to paint their swollen bellies with unique and child-based images that are vivid and full of imagination. In addition to doing more typical commissioned paintings, English artist My Little Sweet-pea ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 11:17AM
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Please join the Family Research Council on Wednesday, July 30th at 12:00 pm for our forum, "Common Core: Uncommon Dilemma," in which we'll be hosting some of the finest minds in the American education arena as they discuss their concerns about this o ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:38PM
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19-year-old Matthew Durham is facing possible life in prison after authorities say he admitted to raping several young girls, forcing some boys to perform oral sex on him and even making other kids watch while on an African mission trip. Thankfully, ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:23PM
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July 22, 2014. Action Needed to Oppose Ratification by Full Senate. Will Estrada has been leading our efforts to defend homeschooling on Capitol Hill since 2006. As the oldest of eight kids, and a homeschool graduate who married a homeschool graduate ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:13PM
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Registered nurses are staying in their jobs longer and delaying retirement, researchers report this week. The trend has helped push the current workforce to 2.7 million, which is well beyond the previously projected peak of 2.2 million.
However, w ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 4:35PM
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A teething baby can be an unhappy baby, and it’s not uncommon for parents and caregivers to try and soothe their little one with over-the-counter oral/”gum numbing” medications. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) officials now warn that te ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:45PM
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Actress and former Miss America Vanessa Williams gave a powerful testimony on Oprah’s Master Class about her experience being molested by an 18-year-old girl when she was only 10-years-old and how it affected her psychologically. The traumatic inc ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:36PM
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A Staten Island man died Thursday after a New York Police Department officer put him in a chokehold. The incident was captured on video by a bystander and obtained by the The New York Daily News. You can hear Eric Garner, 43, shouting, “I can’t ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:23PM
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The U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee will vote on the dangerous UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on Tuesday, July 22.
Now is the time to let the Senate hear loud and clear that Americans are firmly oppos ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 1:38PM
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July 18, 2014 The Scuttlebutt
“A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 298 people aboard exploded, crashed and burned on a flowered wheat field Thursday in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists, blown out of the sky at 33,000 ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 1:33PM
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Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 carrying 298 people, was on its way yesterday from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in the Ukraine, 20 miles from the Russian border. American officials believe the plane was shot down by a surface ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 11:20AM
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WATCH CNN: President Obama will deliver a statement on the situation in Ukraine at 11:30 a.m. ET today at the White House press briefing room, the White House says.
His comments come a day after a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in eastern Ukraine. ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 11:09AM
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Sources: Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Morning Star News
The demolished church
Photo: Morning Star News
Authorities destroyed a church building in Thiba Al Hamyida, North Khartoum, on June 30th. The previous day, officials interrupted the co ...
Posted Thursday, July 17th 2014 at 10:39PM
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Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Pastor Esmir standing on the ruins of his house
Photo: Religión en Revolución
Government agents, including state security and Cuban Communist Party officials, destroyed the home of a pastor in the eastern ...
Posted Thursday, July 17th 2014 at 10:36PM
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July 16, 2014 - As progressives descend on Detroit this week for the ninth annual Netroots Nation, those who want to tune into local issues can learn about the mass shutoff of water to thousands of local residents or about how the city's bankruptcy i ...
Posted Thursday, July 17th 2014 at 10:33PM
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Introduction- Understanding the supply, distribution, and educational pipeline of nurses is an important tool to inform the programs and policies that will ensure access to care and an effective health care system. This brief analyzes data from a var ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 10:48PM
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July 9, 2014- When it comes to health, women and men are not equal. Multiple variables, including biological, societal, and economic factors, impact the lifetime health of women. From a biological perspective, there are many conditions and diseases ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 9:21PM
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