SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Going viral: How ideas, beliefs, and innovations spread in the digital age * It might start as a joke, a belief, or a rumor. At first, it's easy to dismiss. But then it gains a twist, builds momentum, and spreads like wildfire. What causes some ideas to die out while others take over the internet? A new study published in Physical Review Letters offers a fresh explanation. Le  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 22 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Q&A for "Will Work for Food," a new book exploring labor and the food chain * Assistant professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, a food systems scholar and human geographer at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is co-author of the the forthcoming book " Will Work for Food " (UC Press). With her co-author Teresa M. Mares, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of V  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, 10 Colleagues Demand Answers After Trump Halts Legally Mandated Student Debt Relief BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 19 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), alongside 10 Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon e  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Vermont Teamsters Locked Out at Travel Kuz One Week Before School Starts * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (BRATTLEBORO, Vt.) - Teamsters school bus drivers and monitors are locked out at Travel Kuz, a subsidiary of Beacon Mobility, as the company refuses to bargain in good faith. The workers provide student tr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Senate Judiciary Democrats in Urging Robust Funding for Federal Defenders in FY26 Appropriations Bill * In a letter to leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senators admonish the proposed steep funding shortfall for Defender Services by the House, which would result in 600+ layoffs BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Responds to Trump's Attack on Mail-In Voting * BURLINGTON, VT -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump's threat to end mail-in voting and the use of voting machines ahead of the 2026 elections: "Since losing in 2020, President Trump has continued to push disinformation and blatant lies ab  more