by Sarah Lin | Nov 4, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Youth voter turnout has historically lagged behind that of older generations, but this year a new force has emerged to help engage youngsters — including first-time voters — to turn out for the election. College students themselves have pushed others on...
by Grace Deng | Feb 22, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON—At 3 a.m. on the first day of Black History Month, Spelman College, an Atlanta-based HBCU, received its second bomb threat of the year. Six hours later, Spelman junior Sophia Parker found out about the threat through an email sent by the school. At noon,...
by Grace Deng | Jan 13, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Community colleges have taken the biggest hit to enrollment over the course of the pandemic with more than 700,000 fewer students registering, according to new data released on Thursday from the National Student Clearinghouse. “How do you build a...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Mar 14, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON – Thousands of students from around the country skipped school to demand the Congress and the president do something to reduce gun violence, protesting in front of the White House and the Capitol as part of a national student walkout on the one-month...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 18, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON — A team of middle schoolers from Rochester, Mich., beat out hundreds of other students on Tuesday to win a $7,500 prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to Space Camp by building the best futuristic city design. The first place winner, Michigan’s St....
