Schools are for learning, not for AI encroachment
Heading into the school year that starts in four days, Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Education and Chancellor Kamar Samuels have announced a generative AI ban for students through 8th grade,…
The 9/11 children and treating trauma
The children I’ve treated in my psychiatry practice were my greatest teachers. Especially instructive were those who lost parents on 9/11, and others too young to understand how their loved…
P.S. You’re disenfranchised | Editorial Cartoon
Listen to article • 0:00 minJohn Cole spent 18 years as editorial cartoonist for The (Scranton) Times-Tribune, and now draws for various statesnewsroom.com sites.
Jamaican DJ’s son stabbed to death on way home from Brooklyn laundromat
The son of a popular Jamaican dancehall DJ was fatally stabbed during a routine trip to the laundromat in Brooklyn — and now his devastated dad says he’s waiting to…
News organizations want ‘fair use’ claim tossed in copyright case against OpenAI, Microsoft
A Manhattan judge overseeing a major copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI received dueling summary judgment motions Friday, with news organizations including the Orange County Register, the New York…
U.N. approves African proposal for a new world map
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a world map that depicts the size of Africa more accurately than the map most commonly used now. The assembly approved a…
As Californians celebrate Labor Day, remember the injustice of forced unionism
This Labor Day we celebrate the men and women whose hard work keeps the country running. But in California, many of those same workers face a real threat: pay union…
10 affordable options for Philly families beyond the Academy of Natural Sciences
Listen to article • 0:00 minFor nearly two centuries, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has stood as a monument to curious minds — and, at least for…
From Gotham to the mandap: A Desi bride and groom bring the Batmobile to Philly
Listen to article • 0:00 minIt’s a bird! It’s a plane! Oh wait, it’s a ... Batmobile? A replica of the 1989 Batmobile briefly bottlenecked Market Street early Saturday morning,…
Yellow bus shortage could impact special-needs students as NYC school year starts
Thousands of New York City students with disabilities are at risk of being stranded without a yellow bus at the start of the upcoming school year, the Daily News has…