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Education April 26, 2025

Cobb schools’ $1.86 billion budget reflects economic hurdles

By Rebecca Gaunt Though the 2026 $1.86 billion budget for the Cobb County School District reflects current economic challenges, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said it was not all “doom and gloom.”…

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Education April 25, 2025

US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows

by Joshua M. Pearce, Western University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses….

International April 25, 2025

Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war

by Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University – Newark, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of…

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National April 24, 2025

From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

by Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially…

Justice April 24, 2025

Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon tried to fire the Department of…

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Cobb County April 23, 2025

Accusations Fly at Cobb County Election Board Meeting

By Kate Brainerd Accusations of willfully ignoring fraudulent voter rolls and disrespecting the American flag dominated the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration meeting Tuesday April 14, when residents…

Justice April 23, 2025

Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

by Andrea Seielstad, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned…

Environment April 23, 2025

How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it better

by Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that…

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Cobb County April 22, 2025

Cobb County man sentenced to life + 20 years for child molestation

According to a public information release from Cobb District Attorney Sonya F. Allen, Cooper Hamilton, 20, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years after pleading guilty to…

Environment April 22, 2025

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

by Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent…

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