As the Army marks its 250th birthday with tanks and a parade in D.C., it faces a quieter crisis: #GenZ isn’t enlisting. The legacy of gun violence, not “wokeness,” is to blame, according to a scholar of terrorism and targeted violence.
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US Army’s image of power and flag-waving rings false to Gen Z weary of gun violence − and long-term recruitment numbers show it
Generations already suffering a shattered sense of safety from US gun violence do not see the military as a viable option, a terrorism scholar argues.
You’ve probably seen the Energy Star efficiency label on items like refrigerators, dishwashers and laptops. Cutting the program will save the EPA about $32 MILLION a year. Meanwhile, the program saves consumers about $15 BILLION a year in energy costs. How Energy Star works:
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Energy Star, on the Trump administration’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet
The small blue Energy Star label has become one of the most recognizable environmental certifications in the US.
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Philly’s Route 49 bus success story: Launched in 2019, it's one of the city’s few transit lines seeing ridership growth post-COVID.
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How a new bus line in Philadelphia is defying post-pandemic transit trends
The success of SEPTA’s new Route 49 suggests public transit agencies can increase ridership by catering to current users instead of chasing car o...
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The U.S. just made “AI literacy” a national priority, but what does that mean? 1 in 3 people overestimate their ability to use and detect AI tools. Education policy researchers say teaching true literacy isn’t just a technical skill, it’s about ethical and social issues.
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AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define
President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s ho...
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Dating platforms both reflect and reinforce racial stereotypes and biases common in American culture. When seeking a romantic partner, people gravitate toward others who are similar and familiar to them – not people whom they have been taught to see as fundamentally different from their family, friends and neighbors. And part of that is the lasting legacy of laws designed to keep races segregated.
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Laws meant to keep different races apart still influence dating patterns, decades after being invalidated
Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But di...
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Older adults with dementia often don’t realize their financial skills are slipping — putting them at greater risk for scams. A new study calls this “financial anosognosia.”
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Older adults with dementia misjudge their financial skills – which may make them more vulnerable to fraud, new research finds
Older adults are generally good at judging their capacity for handling their finances, but cognitive impairment degrades that skill. Proactive pla...
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