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But wait, whew. You’re not late. It’s Daylight Saving Time. Twice a year, clocks around the world move forward or backward by an hour. There’s an age-old myth that Daylight Saving was a practice adopted to give farmers extra time in the sun to work out in the field. But, that’s not really why dozens […]
Prof. O’Hara said the gusher of public and available data opens new avenues to a far more accurate census, but only if the numbers can be proven accurate and the Census Bureau can navigate the tricky boundary between tapping private research and issuing public statistics. “There is no significant buy-in yet” to major changes in […]
As she sits comfortably in the cockpit of a small Cirrus SR20 airplane, 38-year-old Ricki Foster goes over her pre-flight checklist. “Weight and balance under limits. Emergency equipment’s on board,” she says into her headset. “Pre-flight checklist complete.” With flight instructor Aiden Zabiegalski next to her, Foster fires up the single engine of this four-seat […]
More than 100 students walked out of Burglund High in Mississippi to protest racial injustice. Their work helped rally young people across the South. USA TODAY’s “Seven Days of 1961” explores how sustained acts of resistance can bring about sweeping change. Throughout 1961, activists risked their lives to fight for voting rights and the integration […]