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Naima Coster, author of What’s Mine and Yours ( Photo credit: Sylvie Rosokoff) It has been more than 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education legally desegregated U.S. schools, but schools are as segregated now as they’ve ever been. In 2014, Nikole Hannah-Jones, then a reporter for ProPublica, opened many people’s eyes when she chronicled how the segregation embedded in Ferguson, Missouri’s school system contributed to the untimely murder of Michael Brown Jr. in 2014. Since then, Hannah-Jones and other education reporters have blown the lid off the idea that U.S. schools treat a...

What Longtime Vegetarians Think About the Plant-Based Meat Boom Margaret Eby We're in a golden age of fake meat. It seems like every week a new pea protein-based meat substitute comes onto the market, each one promising to mimic the flavor and texture of meat better than the last one. As more people reduce their meat consumption for health or environmental reasons, companies like Impossible Meats and Beyond Meat are becoming household names.  But meat alternatives like tofu, tempeh, and seitan have been around for centuries, not to mention more recent innovations like black b...

February 4, 2021 On the western edge of South Dakota, Aimee Uhrig, RN, BSN, CCM, lives near an old gold rush town steeped in American history, not far from Mount Rushmore, American Indian reservations, and the rugged Black Hills National Forest. Carolyn Apanavage, BSN, RN-BC, CEN, of Managed Care Advisors works as a medical case manager for the UMB COVID-19 Hotline from her New Market home as her son, Brayden, attends virtual school in the background. Matthew Paul D'agastino/University of Maryland, Baltimore When she picks up the phone, she’s connected with University of Ma...

Fantastic Frankey, the woman behind the Fanboy Fighter (Photo credit: Courtesy of Fantastic Frankey) In 2021, pop culture is ripe with TV shows and movies inspired by nerd culture. From HBO’s Watchmen and Lovecraft Country to Disney+’s impressive new slate full of Marvel spinoffs, nerdom is having a moment, one that’s often being dictated by white geeks with fixed ideas of who can participate in and lead fandom. Whether it’s men questioning Megan Thee Stallion’s anime credentials or social-media uproar over racebent characters in movies, gatekeeping keeps nerdom—those who partic...

New Grand Forks legislators Claire Cory and Zachary Ista adjust to life in Bismarck Claire Cory and Zachary Ista both came into politics through uncommon paths. Now that they're at the Capitol, they're conducting their first session amid another unique circumstance – a national pandemic. 7:00 am, Jan. 30, 2021 × Rep. Zachary Ista is representing Grand Forks District 43. He was appointed to the position in 2020 following the resignation of former Rep. Matt Eidson. (Sydney Mook/Grand Forks Herald) BISMARCK – New Grand Forks state lawmakers Zachary Ista and Claire Cor...