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A North Dakota State University student who recently graduated is thanking Nicki Minaj for paying her tuition. The woman received her her Bachelor of Science in Psychology. In a Twitter post, the graduate highlighted her journey to getting her degree and expressed her gratitude to the rapper. “Almost 3 years ago @NICKIMINAJ helped me to get back into school by paying for my college tuition, and tomorrow I will be walking across the stage to receive my Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology ...

The pros and cons of free child care Lois M. Collins © Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News A preschool student listens to a story at A to Z Building Blocks in Orem on Dec. 16, 2020. Nationally, funding child care has become a contentious topic. The Biden administration’s proposed American Families Plan includes $225 billion for child care “to ensure that low- and middle-income families spend no more than 7% of their income on child care.” The plan also calls for investing i...

Reuters More than 100 days after Myanmar’s military took power from the country’s democratically elected government, fighting between troops and ethnic insurgents has left tens of thousands of displaced women and children facing a humanitarian crisis, groups monitoring the situation said Thursday. Since launching a Feb. 1 coup, the military, or Tatmadaw, has gone on the offensive in Myanmar’s remote Kachin and Karen states, regularly conducting airstrikes against insurgents ...

North Carolina Schools are Resegregating Pilar Mageau has a knack for getting her students singing.  The Spanish teacher found that music was an easy way to get her classes interested in the lessons she had planned. During her Spanish 2 class’s clothing unit she blasted the song “Ropa Cara,” or “Expensive Clothes.” The high schoolers couldn’t help but hum along.  Mageau’s strategy for forming connections between her students and the language she teaches ...

3 Min Read Published on: 5 hours ago Seventh-day Adventist family ministries leaders across the Trans-European Division (TED) and the Inter-European Division (EUD) joined forces for their annual training program, held April 9-14, 2021. This year, due to travel restrictions, the training event for leaders was held virtually, under the theme “Understanding, Supporting, and Reaching Families.” According to organizers, up to 70 family ministries leaders met on Zoom for each...

Legislators, community activists, and BRIDGE Maryland, Inc. leaders gather on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Maryland, April 8, for a news conference to encourage the Senate to pass the Juvenile Interrogation Protection Act. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development has funded BRIDGE Maryland since 2017. Its efforts are typical of the kind of grassroots work CCHD has supported since its establishment 50 years ago. (CNS/Courtesy of Rev. Marlon Tilghman) When the Rev. Marlon Tilgh...

28 May 2021 CONSULTANCY: STUDY TO REVIEW EXISTING PRACTICES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEMBER STATES ON DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVE USE OF REMITTANCES IN THE REGION 1. BACKGROUND The Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) project is a four-year European Union-funded project being implemented by four United Nations agencies – International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and ...

SAN YSIDRO — Julissa Muñiz, a San Ysidro High School 2009 graduate, dreamed of creating a scholarship to help students in her community who, like her, were the first in their family to go to college. Lea esta historia en español So, she asked herself, “What am I waiting for?” She called a couple of her former classmates to help get the word out after she came up with a plan to raise funds for what will be the first San Ysidro Rising Scholar Award destined for other San Ysidro High grad...

French OTTAWA, May 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To mark International Day of Families, an unprecedented, collaborative vision for Canada’s future was released, creating a foundation for a better tomorrow for generations to come. Inspiring Healthy Futures: A Vision for Canada’s Children, Youth and Families is the result of a months’ long collaboration with thousands of youth, parents, service providers, youth-serving agencies, cross-sector experts and researchers, and others who knew we...

Considered a foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching, Rerum Novarum recognized the rights of workers to be paid a living wage and to organize — almost 50 years before the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act in the United States. The encyclicals anniversary is May 15. Speakers at the May 12 event, hosted by the Catholic Labor Network hosted, highlighted the continued relevance of Rerum Novarum by recounting their experiences in labor org...