Training for diversity, equity and inclusion has become a lucrative industry. The Harvard Business Review estimates U.S. companies spend $8 billion a year on these programs.
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Social media users shared a range of false claims this week about the fatal shooting of six people at a Christian school in Nashville. Here are the facts.
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in the percentage of adolescent and adult females and adult males receiving prescription stimulant fills, according to research published in the March 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released to coincide with a related publication in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2023, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Lessons in Chemistry. Bonnie Garmus. Doubleday 2. Countdown. James ...
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2023, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel" by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) Last ...
Playground or museum? When you are visiting a new city with kids, each can be equally important. At playgrounds, kids not only can let off steam, but they can meet local kids. Parents can meet local parents who can offer valuable tips on spending time in their city. They can point you to favorite restaurants and ice cream shops for a treat.
KHN’s recent investigation offers a great opportunity for reporters to investigate an important issue of government accountability from a state or local angle.
Q: I am going to be applying for the senior real estate tax freeze on my house this year. I do own my house, but I don’t have any paperwork of any kind that says I am the owner. How do I prove that I do own my house? Also, when I moved into this house 20 years ago, I put the title to the home into a land trust so that when I die, the home automatically becomes my son’s house.
Hawkeye Community College will host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen for a talk at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 10.
The king of the legal thriller is coming back — and he’s bringing a fan favorite with him. John Grisham has written a sequel to his smash-hit novel “The Firm,” which will also see character Mitch McDeere return as the protagonist. “The Exchange: After The Firm” is scheduled to be released by Doubleday on Oct. 17. Published in 1991, “The Firm” was Grisham’s second novel and quickly became a ...
No one sells the future more masterfully than the tech industry. According to its proponents, we will all live in the “metaverse,” build our financial infrastructure on “web3” and power our lives with “artificial intelligence.” All three of these terms are mirages that have raked in billions of dollars, despite reality biting back.
FICTION: Three siblings make their way in the world after their mother's hospitalization. "Commitment" by Mona Simpson; Alfred A. Knopf (384 pages, $29) ——— In the broader culture of the American family, every family is its own subculture, and the one mapped in Mona Simpson's novel "Commitment" manages to be both a model of the intricate network of familiar coordinates — love, money, art, work ...
NONFICTION: An enlightening look at American political scandals in the 1920s, which continue to shape how politics is played to this day. "Crooked" by Nathan Masters; Hachette Books (384 pages, $30) ——— Despite our compulsion for appending "-gate" onto every governmental misstep, Watergate was not our first scandal and Richard Nixon was not the first politician to abuse his office. As Nathan ...
Books in brief "The Best of Everything" by Rona Jaffe; Penguin Classics (496 pages, $20) ——— Immediately upon finishing this lively, delightful and heartbreaking novel — first published in 1958, just rereleased by Penguin Classics — I pulled Mary McCarthy's "The Group" off my shelf and reread that. Surely McCarthy must have been influenced by Rona Jaffe. Both writers set their novels in New ...
FICTION: A collection of 10 satisfyingly spooky short stories. "Muckross Abbey" by Sabina Murray; Black Cat (256 pages, $17) ——— When Simone goes missing on her honeymoon in Ireland, her friend and former roommate Kelly flies out to help locate her. She refuses to believe either foul play or a tragic accident is behind Simone's disappearance: With luck, she has simply come to her senses about ...
FICTION: Three orphaned Vietnamese children are forced to make a new life in England. "Wandering Souls" by Cecile Pin; Henry Holt (240 pages, $25.99) ——— Cecile Pin's debut novel, "Wandering Souls," is at its core a tenderhearted story about the least tender of experiences: that of refugee children, separated from their parents and extended family, forced to grow up on their own in a foreign ...
Paperback Picks Time again for a round of Paperback Picks! This month: some impressive follow-up novels from bestselling authors, an Oscar-winning actor's poignant memoir, a truly hilarious political satire, and more — all freshly out in paperback. Happy reading! "Finding Me: A Memoir" by Viola Davis (HarperCollins, $17.99). The great Davis, whose performances on screen have thrilled us for ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you ever meet Tim Vandehey, resist the urge. “I get this all the time,” he said, “‘What do you do, Tim?’ I’ll be at a party or whatever. ‘Oh, I’m a ghost writer.’ ‘Really.’ “The same question follows 90% of the time. ‘Who have you written books for?’ and the next thing almost always follows, ‘If you can tell me.’ It’s supposed to be this big hush-hush thing.” It’s not. ...
FICTION: In her second English-language novel, an acclaimed Vietnamese author gives voice to the forgotten children of war. "Dust Child" by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (352 pages, $28) ——— When the American war machine withdrew from Vietnam, it left a lot behind. It left a military debacle so mismanaged it became a common metaphor for disaster. It left years of fighting ...
If you want to help kids, regulate social media.
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Few youths with sickle cell anemia (SCA) receive hydroxyurea despite national guidelines recommending its use, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most patients, including those receiving nonnormal results, prefer to receive test results though an online patient portal immediately, according to a study published online March 20 in JAMA Network Open.
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to benefit Black and low-income Americans the most.
It is unusual for a clause in an act of Congress to develop a cult following, but Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has. The clause explicitly says that the internet should not be treated like print or broadcast media, which means internet platforms do not bear any liability for third-party content.
What separates average-to-good Iowa towns from thriving ones, former Gov. Terry Branstad often said, is the presence of locally owned banks an…