Education

TL/DR - Several nonprofits in Asheville, North Carolina joined forces on June 23 to raise awareness about community violence. The P.E.A.C.E. Team, which stands for Providing Education Advocacy through Community Engagement, hosted its first "48 Hours of Peace and Unity" event, offering art, music, and games of pick-up basketball. The event also…

US News and World Report Releases 2024 Best High Schools Rankings Several Pittsburgh-area schools have been recognized in the "2024 Best High Schools Rankings" released by U.S. News and World Report. The rankings compiled data on nearly 25,000 public high schools across all states and the District of Columbia, including the best public schools…

TL/DR - Protests have broken out across prestigious US universities including Columbia, Harvard, and Yale regarding Israel's war with Hamas. Many pro-Palestinian students are demanding that their schools condemn Israel's assault on Gaza and divest from companies that sell weapons to Israel, while some Jewish students feel that the criticism of…

TL/DR - Fareed discussed with Kori Schake, director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Glenn Gerstell, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, about the potential US ban on TikTok. They reviewed the politics and legalities surrounding this issue. They also examined why…