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Boston Strong In the wake of the recent Boston marathon bombings, a national rallying cry of support known as “Boston Strong” has emerged. What followed […]
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Blasts in Boston
On the afternoon of April 15th, in the middle of the annual Boston Marathon, two bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring 180 more. A […]
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Education Reform Marks Anniversary On April 11, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) into law. This historic education bill […]
Supreme Court Hears Cases Regarding Same-Sex Marriage
Last month the Supreme Court heard two separate cases concerning same-sex marriage. The first was a challenge to Proposition 8, the state of California’s ban […]
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Taliban Victim Returns to School In October, btw reported that a young educational activist named Malala Yousafzai had been shot by members of the Taliban […]
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New Premier of China On March 15, Li Keqiang became China’s new premier. Like in England, the premier acts as the head of the government, […]
Clock on Sequester Runs Out
If you were watching the news at the end of last year, you probably heard the term “fiscal cliff” quite a bit. In a nutshell, […]
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Time for a New Pope The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, resigned on February 28th. This was a surprising […]
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Nazi-looted Art Returned In the years leading up to and during World War II, members of the Nazi party looted the homes of Jewish families […]
The Super Bowl is a Family Affair
The journey to the Super Bowl for any sports figure is a long one. But very few of those journeys lead back to the same […]