This map compares each state’s math and science proficiency to other countries.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation, American students rank 28th in math and science scores. The educated people at Home Snacks made a map of the United States comparing each state with a...
What is modern slavery?
Figure 1Modern slavery is an umbrella term
Terminology
Countries use differing terminologies to describe modern forms of slavery. This includes how they describe slavery itself, but also other concepts such as human trafficking,...
This Is Why Meghan Markle Avoids Red Lipstick
We already know that Meghan Markle is the poster child for understated beauty. Her simple style, hairdo, and makeup almost make you forget she’s a royal. She’s just Rachel from “Suits.”...
Resigning from this Death Star as it begins to explode
It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of responsibility that I must submit my resignation, effective immediately, from my post on this Death Star. However, I see no...
Cannabis is legal in Washington DC and how to buy it
You’ve heard that cannabis is legal in Washington DC now, but thanks to a rider added to the federal spending budget years ago that prevents the city from spending its own money to...
Cocoa’s child laborers
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts with child labor.
Behind much of the...
Every Deleted Parler Post And Users’ Location Data Have Been Archived
In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users...
“This Is How Black People Get Killed”: Dr. Susan Moore Dies of COVID After...
As the United States reports record deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the final days of 2020, we look at how the pandemic that ravaged the country this year has shone a...
Why the World Needs a People’s Vaccine
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected tens of millions of people and killed more than a million people.
After months of uncertainty, however, the end of 2020 finally brought some encouraging news: multiple...
How the US government hack happened, and what it means, explained by an expert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers....
