Sometimes vote fraud happens from a distance (absentee or mailed ballots) and sometimes it’s up-close and personal. In Florida’s Miami-Dade County, the State Attorney is looking into reports of a large up-tick in volunteers from campaigns and city government “helping” the elderly or disabled to vote. In other parts of Florida, only 1 percent of voters need...
Through decades of hard work, three storytellers brought out of this world news down to Earth, providing a lens through which young and old could watch space exploration unfold. This week, NASA recognized the contributions of these Chroniclers during a May 15, 2024, ceremony at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Associate...
“The grant was instrumental in enabling me to deliver Food for Life classes to populations most impacted by health disparities,” says Dionne. “I aim to address the systemic health inequities that exist and empower individuals to make positive lifestyle changes.” Since 2021, the Food for Life program has awarded 86 scholarships to instructors around the globe who are...
A recent study used NASA satellite-derived vegetation indices and other data to study elephants in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, and in nearby semi-protected and unprotected zones. Researchers found that, especially in the unprotected areas, the elephants preferred dense canopy forest, particularly along streams, and avoided open areas like grasslands...
Ruby Together is a non-profit trade organization that funds open source Ruby projects. This is a deep dive into one of our current funded projects including the backstory on the person who submitted the proposal and updates on project progress. How One Woman Is Helping Everyone, Even Grandmothers, Learn To Code It’s really important that everyone learns how to...
Running Strong is working to address what is known as “period poverty,” a widespread issue that affects roughly 500 million worldwide. In the U.S. alone, nearly 17 million women live in poverty – and last year, about 5.6 million could not afford menstrual products, including many Native American women. Running Strong, dedicated to empowering Native American...
By keeping the Senate in session a mere 2.5 days a week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is allowing vulnerable Democrats four extra days a week to hit the campaign trail. Senate Republicans have a historic majority advantage, with only eight seats to defend to Democrats’ 23. Will McConnell’s lazy Senate be enough to waste it? CPI’s Rachel Bovard writes in The Hill...
A group of banks has adopted the idea of a vault for the age of the cyberattack, building a tool to encrypt and lock away the most critical customer-account data at the end of each workday. Now they’re expanding it to other financial businesses. Participants in Sheltered Harbor store key information in a vault that’s separated from the institution’s infrastructure...