What defunding the NEA would mean for US museumsHelen Stoilas
The federal funding freeze does not apply to student loans and Pell grants, according to the Department of Education. The funding pause "only applies to discretionary grants at the Department of Education," DOE spokesperson Madi Biedermann said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch. Still, an advoca...
rallying cry during Black Lives Matterprotestsacross the U.S. andaround the worldin the summer of 2020, following the deaths ofGeorge Floyd,Breonna Taylorand others at the hands of police. But in the months since, how has the debate developed, and what does it mean for American communities...
But what does "defunding the police" actually mean? Here's what some activists and legal organizations are calling for, and why they say it would help. What it means to defund the police Activists would like cities to stop increasing police budgets each year, and for large percentages of ...
“Defund the Police.” This slogan caught on rapidly among tens of thousands of people protesting police brutality in the United States. But what does it really mean to defund the police? And what if it's not as radical as it sounds? A city budget, a county budget, a state budget, ...
Net zero remains an organizing principle for private sector leaders, almost all of whom recognize the need to accelerate climate action. The world will need to run two energy systems in parallel, rapidly scaling up the net- zero/low-carbon one . . . . . . while also decarbonizing the ...
Canary Islands protest against tourism: What does it mean for your summer holiday? Thousands of people took to the streets of Gran Canaria over the weekend to protest against mass tourism on the islands - will it make a difference if you have a holiday booked to the Canary Islands this...
President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department.
Net zero is an ideal state where the amount of greenhouse gases released into the Earth’s atmosphere is equal to the amount removed. Emission removal and reduction through decarbonization efforts are needed to reach net zero.
“A week ago, defunding the police in any capacity would sound like ‘pie in the sky,’” he said. “Now we’re talking about it. Defunding police in its entirety still might sound like ‘pie in the sky,’ but next week might be different.”...