Georgia State

Boston, MA

Brockton, MA

GPB News (Georgia Public Broadcasting)

With both feet flat on the floor, Kennise Nevers settles into the sofa in her living room. She peels open a blood pressure cuff, and straps it around her left arm, exhaling as it squeezes her bicep. After a minute, she gets the reading. "It's perfect," says the mom of...

The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

New York City, NY

It was the Champagne pop heard around the economy. One year ago this week, a fired Amazon warehouse worker turned labor activist sprayed Champagne and then drank from the bottle outside federal labor offices in New York City. Swarmed by supporters and media, Chris Smalls toasted a victory: the first...

Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?

Nashville, TN

On Monday, three children and three staff members were fatally shot at the Covenant School in Nashville, which one expert describes as part of an "astronomical increase" in violence on school campuses in recent years. There is no universal definition of a school shooting, explains Jillian Peterson, an associate professor...

74 people have been killed or injured by guns at American schools this year

Tennessee State

Newsweek

Senator Josh Hawley has called for the shooting at a school in Nashville to be investigated as a hate crime.

Joe Biden Jokes About Christians Being Targeted in Nashville School Shooting

California State

Rancho Cordova, CA

On a recent afternoon Diana and Lorrin Burdick share pictures and swap stories with three other parents over a lunch of chicken curry sandwiches and fruit salad. They're hosting an informal but semi-regular support group at their home in suburban Rancho Cordova east of Sacramento. "Yeah, she loves having family...

Need help for loved ones with severe mental health illness? California has a plan

Wisconsin State

Waukesha, WI

MADISON, Wis. — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial." Students at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha had prepared a rendition of "Rainbowland" for their spring...

Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet from class concert

NewsBreak

Shell reports record profits as energy prices soar after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

LONDON — Energy giant Shell has reported its highest annual profits in the company's 115-year history, after energy prices soared due to the Russian invasion of...

Shell reports record profits as energy prices soar after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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