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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights A New Medical Specialty: Child abuse pediatricians diagnose and document signs of abuse. Their work has come under growing skepticism for the frequent use of the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Some Controversial Diagnoses: Dr. Nancy Harper, a Minnesota child abuse pediatrician, has been criticized by doctors, lawyers and even a judge for how she handled some cases of alleged child abuse. The Price of Criticism: Dr. Bazak…

Propublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates power abuse. Sign up and receive the biggest story as soon as it’s published. In 2023, Christie Noem was governor of South Dakota, but she supplemented her income by secretly accepting the cuts in the money she raised for nonprofits that promote her political career, tax records show. After experts described it as a very unusual arrangement, the nonprofit has recently routed funds to NOEM’s personal company, which was founded in Delaware. The payment totaled $80,000 that year, significantly boosting her government salary of around $130,000. As nonprofits are so-called dark money groups,…

American Fork, UT, June 27, 2025 – ELB Learning, a leader in learning and development solutions, has announced the launch of Category Quest, the latest addition to the award-winning game authoring tool, the TrainingArcade®. Category Quests are now available in the Training Arcade Library. Fully customizable digital trivia games combine strategy, competition and recall-based learning to attract employees in a fun and memorable way. “We originally built Category Quest as a custom tool for major pharmaceutical companies, seeing employees become more engaged and actually enjoying the training itself. We decided to make it available to everyone so that the same…

Join our exclusive Cicero demo session Cultivating leaders who can turn insights into decisive actions is a sustained challenge, especially when traditional programs are difficult to expand and rely heavily on a small number of subject matter experts. Many organizations have found that even the best workshops and coaching sessions struggle to reach enough people quickly enough to meet business demands. result? The lasting gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it effectively under pressure. Research shows that strong leaders are 2.3 times more likely to be better than their peers, but missing links are a real real…

Blend AI speed with human creativity Artificial intelligence empowers e-learning professionals to create more dynamic, adaptive, and meaningful training content. However, like any other technology, you need to be well aware of its capabilities and limitations and make the most of its potential. This ebook delves deep into how advanced educational design and AI can maximize learning outcomes, automate repetitive tasks, and boost L&D engagement. E-Book ReleaseAdvanced teaching design meets AI Find out how AI can meet your teaching design and create a more impactful learning experience. Educational Design and AI: Relaxing L&D Team Demand Although AI is not an…

How to close IT Skill Gap Organizations face unprecedented rates of technology change. However, one problem continues repeatedly: IT skills gaps. This skill drift can put digital plans at risk, undermine operational effectiveness and compromise competitive positioning, from what employees know now to what they need in the future. Many organizations reflexively turn to training initiatives and recruitment rampages, but it all starts with the anchor movement that determines success. In this article, we will explain why defining business goals and aligning employee IT capabilities with these goals is an essential first step. Drawing on the latest industry research, best…

Connected digital learning ecosystems strengthen human resources Today’s pace of accelerated workplace change requires new approaches to workforce development. Skills become faster and outdated, roles change dynamically, and organizations are rapidly putting pressure on talent to reskill, skill and reappear. In this evolving landscape, the consistency of learning and development (L&D) functions and human resource (HR) planning has not been more important than ever. Enter the Digital L&D Ecosystem. This is not just about eLearning or Learning Management Systems (LMS) platforms. The latest digital L&D ecosystem is a robust, interconnected network of tools and technologies that support learning at speed…

What is fascism and what place does it occupy in political philosophy? As reflected in Brenanica Enyclopedia, I’m bored with that question more than the standard identification on the extreme right. Fascist parties and movements are very different from each other, but they had many common characteristics, such as extreme militaristic nationalism, a contespation of electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, belief in natural social hierarchies and elite domination, and a desire to create a desire to create creation (German: “community of people”). This characterization does not fit well with the traditional left and right axes of the political…

K-12 Unlock the Future of Education In recent years, K-12 schooling has undergone rapid evolution, driven primarily by advances in technology, pedagogy, and the need for more inclusive and effective learning models. At the heart of this transformation is a powerful change. Adopting a content-driven strategy. From personalized instruction to immersive digital resources, comprehensive content-driven strategies for K-12 schools are changing the way students learn, teachers teach, and how school systems operate. Shift to content-driven learning Traditional education systems often relied on strict textbooks and all-purpose teaching methods. However, modern classrooms require a more adaptive and dynamic approach. This is…

Adam N. Michel, Cato of Liberty, June 25, 2025 excerpt: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency (EIA) tallies all federal energy subsidies, including direct spending, tax expenditures, research and development, and loan guarantees. result? Fossil fuels received the smallest share of federal grants on all metrics. In 2022, fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil liquids) received $3.2 billion in federal aid (11% of total), compared to about $15.6 billion (54 cases) in renewable energy and nuclear power. Figure 1 also reports expenditures on conservation and end use. This constitutes the remaining 35 parents and is not distributed to…