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“Black Girls Matter”- Study Shows Black Middle School Girls Get Disciplined More Often than White Students
February 28, 2018

Students of color, students who don’t know English well and LGBTQ students are “vastly over-represented among students who face school disciplinary actions,” says Dr. Lisa Harrison and Dr. Theda Gibbs-Grey of the Patton College of Education at Ohio

Recent Indictments Show Russia Sows Discord in America, Russia Expert Says
February 21, 2018

Russia intended to support candidates against Hillary Clinton- the object of Vladimir Putin’s hatred, says expert on Russia, Dr. Steven Miner, scholar, author and professor in the Contemporary History Institute of Ohio University. Russia also intended t

Hometown Journalists Add to Poverty Problems of Their Areas, Scholar Says
February 14, 2018

Often Appalachian natives decry the “drive by journalists” from big cities that come to small Appalachia towns just to capture pictures and depictions of poverty, unemployment, drug addiction and squalid and trashy living conditions. They come, stay f

We Look Behind the Washington Headlines with NPR Security Editor
February 07, 2018

The news in Washington D.C. regarding the investigation of the Trump campaign for possible conspiracy with Russians in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice on the part of the President is roiling. According to Philip Ewing, National Secu

Booming Gaming Industry is Expanding to Include Healthcare, Education & Finance
January 31, 2018

The days of video or computer games being just for the entertainment of a small segment of our population are over. The gaming industry is exploding and developing beyond the confines of simple games into applications for healthcare, rehabilitation, educa

Media Coverage of Fed. Shutdown Misses Impact on Average Person
January 24, 2018

Some observers characterize politics as a game…a sport where there are game plans, strategies, and winners and losers on almost a daily basis. And, often the news media cover politics as if it were a sporting competition with play-by-play descriptions a

20 Ways to Fight Tyranny In the USA in Book by Historian & Holocaust Expert
January 17, 2018

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by news daily pouring out of Washington D.C. and the White House that you find confusing, depressing or just plain outrageous? Do you think that our democracy is in jeopardy by threats being made by the President and other go

Trump Consumed with Rage Over “Fire and Fury” Book Says West Wing Journo
January 10, 2018

President Donald Trump is obsessed with and enraged by Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” book that describes Trump and the West Wing in most unflattering terms, according to Philip Elliott, a Washington correspondent for TIME. The President can’t le

NPR’s Robert Siegel Bids Farewell to NPR After 40 Years of Audio Storytelling
January 09, 2018

Robert Siegel came to Washington D.C. from New York City’s FM Radio scene some 41 years ago. He thought his transition to Washington was temporary and soon he would be back in the New York scene. Then, he discovered a fledgling National Public Radio.

Dick and Jane Readers in the 1960’s Were Written by Reading Pioneer
January 02, 2018

Remember being taught to read through Dick, Jane, and Spot the dog along with Puff the cat, Tim the teddy bear and Sally the baby sister. The Dick and Jane reading series began in the 1930’s and the books were published up until the 1970’s. In the 196