The United Auto Workers announced it shut down Stellantis’ largest plant Monday morning, as thousands of Michigan workers walked out to join the ongoing strike against Detroit auto companies. The expansion is a sign that the strike is becoming a … Continued
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War in 1967, many American Jews grappled with a challenge that the Talmudic scholar Hillel had posed 1,900 years earlier: “If I am not for myself, who will be? … If I am only … Continued
By PATRICK WHITTLE (Associated Press) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but scientists warn the giant mammals still face existential threats from warming oceans, ship collisions and … Continued
In his masterpiece “Crime and Punishment,” author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” The great Russian novelist … Continued
Perhaps what’s most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems to be very distressed. You’ve probably heard the news that ACT scores have fallen for the sixth straight year. Our high school … Continued