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Beijing on Sunday told Chinese companies that deal with critical information to stop purchasing products from Micron Technology, the U.S.-based manufacturer of memory chips used in phones, computers and other electronics. Many analysts viewed the move as retaliation for Washington’s efforts to cut off China’s access to high-end chips. In a statement on its official […]
An expert explains what just 1℃ of warming could mean for people who work outdoors around the world. “People always ask me… what does one degree of warming matter?” says US climate scientist Luke Parsons. Based at Duke University in North Carolina, he specialises in the impacts of climate and air pollution on human health […]
Kizzy Albritton, PhD, is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project at the University of Texas at Austin and an Associate Professor of School Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology. Silencing Black and brown voices is not new, but it must not succeed in America today. A county in Texas recently decided to […]
Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her mind when choosing a school. Next on her checklist was the school’s culture. Salim and her 6-year-old, Cho’Zen Waters, are Black. In Georgia, where they live, public schools are […]
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her mind when choosing a school. Next on her checklist was the school’s culture. Salim and her 6-year-old, Cho’Zen Waters, are Black. In Georgia, where they […]
Ten states in the past three months have passed laws prohibiting what is known as gender-affirming care for young people, in a rapid effort by Republican lawmakers across the country. The laws ban or significantly limit the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and transition surgery for people under 18. Last week, Indiana and Idaho […]
TikTok is the most popular app in the United States. 150 million Americans – almost half the population – use it every month. The app offers an endless, scrolling wonderland of humor, music, dancing, tips, opinion and information – short videos posted by fellow TikTok fans, and all delivered to you according to your interests. […]
When Cassidy Jacobson was 13 years old, she posted a video of herself dancing on the popular app TikTok. Little did she know then that six years later her Casssidy_J account would have 1.5 million followers on the short-form video platform with fans drawn to her love of dance and hair care. Jacobson dreams of […]
20 January 2023 Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Last year, Governor DeSantis passed a “Stop WOKE” act that regulates how lessons on race and gender are taught in Florida schools Florida officials have blocked the introduction of a new advanced-level high school course that teaches African American history. Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration said the […]
Liu Yang holds a sign in opposition to Texas Senate Bill 147 during a rally on January 29, 2023, in Dallas, Texas. The original bill proposed outlawing real estate/property ownership by people from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. Photo: The Dallas Morning News/TNS Source link