commentary Parton’s outwardly apolitical, quietly radical balancing act can’t be repeated in the social media age Published August 27, 2026 9:25AM (EDT) Dolly Parton performs during halftime in the game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 23, 2023. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) Dolly Parton made a lotContinue Reading
Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence, is based on extensive fieldwork among data workers in Venezuela. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a hyperinflation crisis, entire communities in Venezuela depended on data work, says Posada, a professor at YaleContinue Reading
This problem set from Space Math at NASA includes a total of 14 exercises for students grades K-12+. Utilizing real-world data to analyze and predict changing global temperatures, rising sea levels, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, these problems serve as an engaging tool for students to practice data analysis and mathematical modelingContinue Reading
Episode description: Take a deep dive into the science of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with Julie McEnery, Roman’s senior project scientist. Learn why Roman’s survey data will be so detailed that they could cover a 4K screen the size of dozens of city blocks and why JulieContinue Reading
Voters in California’s 22nd Congressional District call healthcare a top priority in November’s midterm elections. Although challenger Randy Villegas has built a following among residents craving change, undecided voters say they want to hear more from the Democrat and from GOP incumbent Rep. David Valadao on their affordability plans…Continue Reading
Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s Sumy and Odesa regions overnight on 27 August. At least one person was killed and seven injured, according to regional authorities.Continue Reading
Gamescom 2026 has opened in Cologne, bringing together developers, industry professionals and gamers for the world’s largest trade fair dedicated to computer and video games.Continue Reading
“What is inflammatory is this,” Jaime Harrison told Will Cain., Read MoreContinue Reading
Jessica Tarlov made an eyebrow-raising assessment of Traitor 47’s loss., Read MoreContinue Reading
Voting rights organizations today supplemented the complaint in their lawsuit challenging Traitor 47’s executive order restricting mail voting to add claims against the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) newly-finalized mail ballot rule. The groups simultaneously asked a federal court to immediately block USPS from implementing that rule for the November midtermContinue Reading
Six months after a US missile strike on an Iranian school killed at least 170 people, most of them children., Six months after US strike on Iran school, parents still grieve NewsFeed Six months after a US missile strike on an Iranian school killed at least 170 people, most ofContinue Reading
Settler violence threatens to collapse the fragile Palestinian economy., Rising Israeli settler violence targets Palestinian industrial facilities across the occupied West Bank, aiming to paralyse the local economy and force mass displacement. A massive fire, believed to have been started by Israeli settlers, has destroyed olive trees and farmland inContinue Reading
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