Book Banning in America
According to PEN America, across the 2024-2025 school year, 6,870 instances of book bans were recorded across the United States. Donald Trump instructed the US Department of Education to end their investigations into these bans, and the official Department of Education press release described the bans as “removing age-inappropriate materials”. Continue Reading
The “Big Melt” of California
California has had a welcome respite from the epic snowfall and record rains that have battered the state in recent weeks, but a new threat brought on by the changing climate looms. The state’s substantial snowpack will soon start to melt, and regions are preparing for another surge in water Continue Reading