Michael J. Hicks: Trump has no plan to fix the economy – and Americans know it!   Dear Commons Community, Mchael J. Hicks, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances […]

U.S. Department of Education Closes its Office of Educational Technology! Dear Commons Community The U.S. Department of Education’s office of educational technology has been eliminated as part of the federal a […]

Chief Justice John Roberts Smacks Down Trump’s Call to Impeach Judges Chief Justice John Roberts. Reuters. Dear Commons Community, Chief Justice John Roberts decried calls from President Trump and his […]

Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released: Sending historians hunting for new clues! President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot, Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas.  (AP […]

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is investing more of its money in Japan amid the recent selloff in the U.S. stock market. Dear Commons Community, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its holdings in Japan’s five biggest trading houses, according to […]

French Member of Parliament: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France! Dear Commons Community, Raphaël Glucksmann, a French politician is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no […]

New York Times Editorial: Colleges Are Under Attack, They Can Fight Back! Dear Commons Community, The New York Times yesterday had an editorial entitled, “Colleges Are Under Attack, They Can Fight […]

Meghan O'Rourke: The End of the University as We Know It Credit:  Joan Wong. Dear Commons Community, Ms. O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review and a professor in the English department at Ya […]

Teacher in Meridian, Idaho ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here' Idaho school district orders teacher to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ sign. Dear Commons Community, An Idaho teacher is in a […]

Lincoln Heights, Ohio: A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally An armed volunteer for the Lincoln Heights Safety and Watch Program stands guard near a community center.  Courtesy of NBC News. Dear […]

Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before' An artist’s impression shows a red dwarf (left) and a white dwarf (center) closely orbiting each other. Astronomers believe the tight orbit […]

The Ten Democrats Who Voted to Avert a Federal Government Shutdown   Dear Commons Community, In a dramatic break with much of their party, ten Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans […]

Large AI models are cultural and social technologies – not intelligent agents! Photo courtesy of http://www.eduba.com. Dear Commons Community, Science has an in depth article this morning entitled, “Large AI models are c […]

Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Declares Dismissals a "sham" Judge William H. Alsup Dear Commons Community, A federal judge called the administration’s justification for the firings of workers w […]

All about Tonight's Total Lunar Eclipse and How to See the Blood Moon! Dear Commons Community, The first total lunar eclipse of the year is set to be visible starting tonight (March 13) through the early […]

Greenland Just Had an Election. The Only Pro-Trump Candidate Received 1.1% of the Vote! Dear Commons Community, President Donald Trump’s dream of U.S. control over Greenland may be on hold after this week’s election in the […]

WalletHub ranks all the States dependent on federal government funding! Dear Commons Community, Alaska and four southern states rank in the top five nationally for their dependence on federal dollars, […]

US Department of Education plans to layoff 1,300 employees as Trump and McMahon vow to wind the agency down! Linda McMahon (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Dear Commons Community,  The US Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its […]

Trump Confirms ICE Arrested Palestinian Columbia Graduate Mahmoud Khalil over Political Speech and that "This is the first arrest of many to come” Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Mahmoud Khalil, center, on April 30, 2024, in New York City.  Mary […]

Video: Ronald Reagan Radio Address on Tariffs Goes Viral!   Dear Commons Community, Ronald Reagan gave a radio address in 1987 (see video below) which is going viral on the Internet.  H […]