GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 22 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 21, 2025: * * * A tale of two eras: Minnesota math over the years Written by Catrin Wigfall Five years after COVID-19, it is obvious there are still lingering effects of school closure policy decisions, as achievement remains lower than pre-pandemic performance and long-term consequences have ye  more

NEW YORK, April 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 17, 2025, to the Ripon Forum: * * * The High Cost of "Sanctuary" By Daniel Di Martino More than one in three Americans live in a state or city that refuses to cooperate with immigration enforcement by the federal government. These so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions prohibit local law enforcement agents from asking suspects about their immigration status and sometimes even refuse to detain vi  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 25 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * N.C. A&T Researchers Study Deepfakes Detection, Impacts on Political Leaders By Jamie Crockett EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 24, 2025) - Using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a professional headshot, swap faces with someone else or see what your future child may look like, and more, has underscored how the ability to alter images and video has become incre  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 23 -- Northwestern University's Institute for Sustainability and Energy issued the following news: * * * 'Turning the Ship' of Climate Change Former Energy Secretary charts a path to net-zero emissions during a packed lecture at Northwestern Nobel Prize-winning physicist and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu shares insights on possible ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050, over 215 million people--more than the population of Brazil--will be dis  more