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According to “Unpacking Grind Culture in American Teens: Pressure, Burnout, and the Role of Social Media,” a study from the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Indiana University and Common Sense Media, over one quarter of American teens are struggling with burnout. I see this almost daily in the lives of my peers.
It’s estimated that during 2023 some 73,000 residents of Dane County received assistance that was funded by United Way.
I could not have been happier with how each of the four events played out. Conversations were constructive and geared toward finding common ground. Disagreements were acknowledged but respected. Many people wanted more.
Trump inherits an economy which, by most measures, is a very healthy one.
As Evers appointees rewarded utility execs, Kamala Harris backed off taxing corporations.
To prepare, Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth will need to overhaul the bureaucracy and cut waste.
Without being a seasoned lawmaker with defense policy experience, or a serious-minded person with a deep hands-on background that blends with the job, we are only left to conclude Pete Hegseth is nothing more than the juvenile version of Oliver North.
We may differ on how much control we cede to any level of government, but must remember that government has no power aside from those granted by consent of the governed. With those principles in mind, it can be “morning in America” once again.
Maybe this is who Americans really are.
While students have been advocating for the dignity of Palestinian lives, UW has fought repeatedly to protect the status quo at the expense of students’ voices and well-being.
The nation’s national dietary guidelines are fashioned by a committee long riddled with conflicts of interest.
With rare exceptions, Kamala Harris lost support across demographic groups compared to Joe Biden.
Gen Z males embrace Trump’s GOP and reject wokeness.
Between Trump and Harris supporters, is there a middle ground we can all inhabit without compromising our core values?
Trump himself, his bombastic running mate and his entire campaign entourage, including sitting members of Congress, made it clear time and again during this campaign that they would not accept the verdict if he lost.
es, a third-party Senate candidate who ran against incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde was a plant—but not an unwilling one.
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde didn’t say it, but he certainly seems to believe it: His race was stolen from him.
Wisconsin voters rejected Kamala Harris but back many other women for office.
Wisconsin is not red or blue, and leaders should act like it.
U.S. torture proves costly at $42 million: Some of the highest ideals of our nation were tossed aside so lawlessness and extra-constitutional excesses could run roughshod in prisons overseas.
According to “Unpacking Grind Culture in American Teens: Pressure, Burnout, and the Role of Social Media,” a study from the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Indiana University and Common Sense Media, over one quarter of American teens are struggling with burnout. I see this almost daily in the lives of my peers.
It’s estimated that during 2023 some 73,000 residents of Dane County received assistance that was funded by United Way.
I could not have been happier with how each of the four events played out. Conversations were constructive and geared toward finding common ground. Disagreements were acknowledged but respected. Many people wanted more.
Trump inherits an economy which, by most measures, is a very healthy one.
As Evers appointees rewarded utility execs, Kamala Harris backed off taxing corporations.
To prepare, Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth will need to overhaul the bureaucracy and cut waste.
Without being a seasoned lawmaker with defense policy experience, or a serious-minded person with a deep hands-on background that blends with the job, we are only left to conclude Pete Hegseth is nothing more than the juvenile version of Oliver North.
We may differ on how much control we cede to any level of government, but must remember that government has no power aside from those granted by consent of the governed. With those principles in mind, it can be “morning in America” once again.
Maybe this is who Americans really are.
While students have been advocating for the dignity of Palestinian lives, UW has fought repeatedly to protect the status quo at the expense of students’ voices and well-being.
The nation’s national dietary guidelines are fashioned by a committee long riddled with conflicts of interest.
With rare exceptions, Kamala Harris lost support across demographic groups compared to Joe Biden.
Gen Z males embrace Trump’s GOP and reject wokeness.
Between Trump and Harris supporters, is there a middle ground we can all inhabit without compromising our core values?
Trump himself, his bombastic running mate and his entire campaign entourage, including sitting members of Congress, made it clear time and again during this campaign that they would not accept the verdict if he lost.
es, a third-party Senate candidate who ran against incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde was a plant—but not an unwilling one.
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde didn’t say it, but he certainly seems to believe it: His race was stolen from him.
Wisconsin voters rejected Kamala Harris but back many other women for office.
Wisconsin is not red or blue, and leaders should act like it.
U.S. torture proves costly at $42 million: Some of the highest ideals of our nation were tossed aside so lawlessness and extra-constitutional excesses could run roughshod in prisons overseas.