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From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do Federal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area. I am […]
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What’s behind high housing prices?
What’s behind high housing prices? A new study looks at how the Great Recession, construction employment, and housing supply levels are linked. The Great Recession occurred 17 years ago, from December 2007 to June 2009. Led by a crash in the housing sector, it was the deepest recession since World War II and resulted in noteworthy […]
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The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration
The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local facilities. Another 3.7 million remain under what scholars call “correctional control” through […]
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Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider Planned Parenthood clinics, like this one in Los Angeles, are located across the United States. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans […]
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Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days. Among the devastation were 11 public and private schools and 30 child care facilities. In all, the fires disrupted the education and daily […]
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Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it to their congregations
Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it to their congregations A multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people in Manhattan in 2023 protest investments in fossil fuel. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Nearly 90% of U.S. Christian religious leaders believe humans […]
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NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees
NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Stennis Space Center employee Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi, is presented with the NASA Space Flight […]
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NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition 72/73
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition 72/73 The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station with (pictured left to right) NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NASA astronaut Jonny Kim […]
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NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station
NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station 3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft by a Crew-8 member shortly after undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port as the orbital outpost was soaring 272 miles above the […]
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Lagniappe for April 2025
Lagniappe for April 2025 3 Min Read Lagniappe for April 2025 Explore the April 2025 issue, highlighting the NASA-sponsored FIRST Robotics competition, Space Flight Awareness honorees and more! Credits: NASA/Danny Nowlin Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 featuring: NASA-Sponsored FIRST Robotics Welcomes Teams to Magnolia Regional NASA Leaders Visit Representatives Blood Moon in South Mississippi Gator […]
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Artemis Astronauts & Orion Leadership Visit NASA Ames
Artemis Astronauts & Orion Leadership Visit NASA Ames 2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch tour the Arc Jet Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center, learning more about the testing equipment’s capabilities to analyze thermal protection systems from George Raiche, thermophysics facilities branch chief at […]
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23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem For companies like 23andMe, consumers are as much the product as the DNA test kits. Veronika Oliinyk/iStock via Getty Images Plus As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy […]
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NASA History News and Notes–Spring 2025
NASA History News and Notes–Spring 2025 5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News & Notes reflecting on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s history, as well as the legacies of past programs. Topics include NASA’s […]
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Planned blackouts are becoming more common − and not having cash on hand could cost you
Planned blackouts are becoming more common − and not having cash on hand could cost you Are you prepared for when the power goes out? To prevent massive wildfires in drought-prone, high-wind areas, electrical companies have begun preemptively shutting off electricity. These planned shutdowns are called public safety power shutoffs, abbreviated to PSPS, and they’re […]
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Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing […]
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NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch
NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch 4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen in the Pacific Ocean as teams practice Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset […]
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US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The […]
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Job satisfaction is more important than employers may realize
Job satisfaction is more important than employers may realize New research has found that employers and policymakers might want to start paying attention because employee happiness contains critical economic information. Susana Ferreira, professor of agricultural and applied economics in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, used an empirical model to relate […]
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Artemis II Core Stage Integration – Complete!
Artemis II Core Stage Integration – Complete! NASA/Frank Michaux Technicians from NASA and primary contractor Amentum join the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the Artemis II mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 23, 2025. The core stage is the largest component of the rocket, […]
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El X-59 de la NASA completa la prueba de ‘control de crucero’ mantenimiento automático de velocidad del motor
El X-59 de la NASA completa la prueba de ‘control de crucero’ mantenimiento automático de velocidad del motor 3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) El avión de investigación supersónico silencioso X-59 de la NASA se encuentra en una rampa de Lockheed Martin Skunk Works en Palmdale, California, durante el atardecer. […]
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TikTok, tariffs, and trials: everything happening in tech’s chaotic April
TikTok, tariffs, and trials: everything happening in tech’s chaotic April As TikTok’s April 5th sell-by date approaches, Americans are back to where they stood before the original January deadline: watching anxiously to see if a major social media app gets banned. But that’s far from the only big event we’ll see over the coming month. […]
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The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy The Panama Canal carries cargo ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, cutting weeks off shipping time. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of […]
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Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy
Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy The new plan will shrink the Health and Human Services workforce from more than 82,000 to 62,000 employees. Sarah Stierch via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, […]
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We went to 10 anti-Tesla protests — and a couple counter protests, too
We went to 10 anti-Tesla protests — and a couple counter protests, too A Tesla Cybertruck drives past protestors during a Tesla Takedown, a nationwide peaceful protest movement, at a Tesla Showroom in the Coral Gables neighborhood on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in Miami. | Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui / The Verge Thousands of […]
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With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there
With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there Servers told researchers that they were instructed to make their male customers feel special. Brian Brainerd/The Denver Post via Getty Images In 1983, six businessmen got together and opened the first Hooters restaurant in Clearwater, […]
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We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence In 2020, American businesses responded to an unprecedented wave of racial justice protests with an equally unprecedented surge in corporate commitments. Even as President Donald Trump was calling protesters “terrorists,” companies in industries across […]
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The solution to workplace isolation might be in the gap − the generation gap
The solution to workplace isolation might be in the gap − the generation gap The potential for friendships and mentorships between colleagues in different stages of life are often overlooked. OwenPrice/E+ via Getty Images Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the United States finds itself in the midst of another public health crisis. This […]
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Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next
Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next A Sudanese man celebrates as the military enters the central city of Wad Madani, pushing out the Rapid Support Forces in January 2025. AP Photo/Marwan Ali A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit […]
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NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-11 Assignments for Space Station Mission
NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-11 Assignments for Space Station Mission NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 members stand inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA […]
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SpaceX Starship
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SpaceX Starship NASA logo. NASA has awarded SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, a modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch service offerings. The NLS II contracts provide a broad range of commercial launch services for NASA’s […]
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