Girl, 17, stabbed multiple times with knife at Brooklyn ‘Peace Academy’
A 17-year-old girl was stabbed multiple times in her leg and arm with a kitchen knife after an argument at a Brooklyn public high school Tuesday, police said. The student…
Critics say bias is behind N.J. car insurance rates, urge lawmakers to act
Listen to article • 0:00 minFor almost a decade, consumer and civil rights advocates have urged New Jersey lawmakers to bar companies from basing car insurance rates on socioeconomic factors…
Total strangers ridiculed my selection as Princeton’s valedictorian
Listen to article • 0:00 minSeveral weeks ago, I took the stage at Princeton University’s 2026 Commencement as this year’s valedictorian. My selection marked an institutional milestone: I am the…
Cherry Hill school board gets pushback on suggestion to drop African American history mandate
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Cherry Hill school board made national headlines when it became the first New Jersey school system to require students to take a course on…
Letters – Academic freedom, Opal Lee, Mavs, Stars, Dallas City Hall
A man wore a button with an image of Charlie Kirk as members of Turning Point USA held a vigil for Kirk on Sept. 11 at the campus of Texas…
NYC schools with declining enrollment to again be fully funded, sparking criticism
New York City schools with falling enrollment will not face budget cuts this fall, continuing a policy that guarantees each school in the system receives at least as much funding…
City Hall failed the school district. Now Philly’s kids will pay for it. | Editorial
Listen to article • 0:00 minMayor Cherelle L. Parker and members of City Council could not agree on how to bridge the Philadelphia School District’s structural budget deficit. Now, students…
Why Karen Tei Yamashita reexamined WWII Japanese American incarceration
Novelist Karen Tei Yamashita wasn’t sure there were more stories to tell about the U.S. government’s incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. “When I started the project, I…
‘Impacting our neighbors in grave ways:’ high gas prices hit North Texas families
Alex Viloanueva of Garland hits the button as he pump gas at a Quicktrip station in East Dallas on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News Rising gas…
Prospects for job seekers seen worsening, Fed survey says
By Maria Eloisa Capurro | Bloomberg Americans’ view of the labor market grew somewhat more pessimistic in May, with the perceived prospects for job seekers hitting their lowest point this…