In Defense of Teachers and Public Education

Society / December 4, 2024 The attacks aim to undermine trust with scapegoat politics. Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on December 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Teaching is a calling that runs in my family. My mother andContinue Reading

What do the Home Secretary’s policing reforms mean for the future of the Police Digital Service?

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has become a landing zone for Whitehall’s various digital functions since the new government came to power in July 2024. Responsibility for running the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) has transferred from the Cabinet OfficeContinue Reading

A’s Wanted to Make ‘Statement’ with Historic $67M Luis Severino Contract, GM Says

Zach BacharContributor IDecember 7, 2024 Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Athletics general manager David Forst revealed the team’s reasoning behind signing free-agent starting pitcher Luis Severino to a historic contract on Thursday. “We wanted to make something of a statement coming into a new city and coming into aContinue Reading

Meta-analysis Probes Rare Potential Vision Risk of GLP-1s

TOPLINE: Patients treated with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) appear to have a very low incidence of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) when appropriately prescribed for obesity or diabetes.  METHODOLOGY: A retrospective observational study recently suggested that semaglutide treatment may be associated with more than a fourfoldContinue Reading

My Middle-Age Music Crisis

One balmy evening this past summer, I was hanging out in the bustling courtyard of a bar under the Williamsburg Bridge, celebrating a friend’s thirtieth birthday. I was having a nice enough time making small talk with various partygoers—until a stranger asked what new music I had been listening to.Continue Reading

“This Is the Best She Has Looked in Decades!” New Look of Donatella Versace Creates Buzz

Legendary Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace has once again stolen the spotlight, this time with a jaw-dropping new appearance that fans are hailing as nothing short of transformative. Known for her iconic role at the helm of the Versace empire, the 69-year-old fashion icon turned heads at The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical charity gala, hostedContinue Reading