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Former secretary of education and new president of the University of North Carolina System Margaret Spellings, photographed in 2011.Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images When Republicans gained supermajorities in both houses of the North Carolina legislature in 2012, they stacked the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors with extremely partisan, conservative appointees. Those…
You’ve seen a painting of Norbert Grupe. A heavy, creased brow and shoulder-length hair framing a frightening scowl, the massive work hung in the fictional Manhattan Museum of Art in Ghostbusters II. When the medieval sorcerer pictured within the painting begins to physically manifest, it is on the Ghostbusters to rally the city’s positive emotions…
Put on your space pants: The long-awaited exploration game No Man’s Sky finally has a (rough) release date. Hello Games’ space-faring opus will be out in June 2016 for the Playstation 4. There’s also a new trailer with a scintillatingly moody voice over, just to let you know they’re serious. No Man’s Sky Coming to PS4 In…
END ID=”RES451923946″ CLASS=”BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML” Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images After the…
Back in 1999, a quarter of all 25-year-olds lived with their parents. By 2013 this number has doubled, and currently half of young adults live in their parents home. While the troubling implications for the economy from this startling increase are self-evident, and have been extensively discussed both here and elsewhere (and are among the…
IBM is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices, according to a regulatory filing. Shares dropped in the wake of the disclosure. The investigation looks at how IBM is accounting for some of its transactions in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland, which could have an impact on its stated revenue. The company said…
UCLA Civil Rights Project The reliance on student suspensions to maintain discipline in public schools varies dramatically across the 50 states, according to a new statistical analysis by UCLA researchers. Their report identified the individual districts with the highest suspension rates, while finding American children are losing almost 18 million days of instruction due to…
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BuzzFeed plans to withdraw its participation from the South by Southwest Interactive festival after organizers decided to cancel two gaming and online harassment panels after receiving “numerous threats of on-site violence.” In a letter to the organizers of the Austin-based media festival sent Tuesday, President of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures Ze Frank, BuzzFeed Publisher Dao Nguyen,…
When asked what’s going with Luke’s lack of appearance in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailers, director J.J. Abrams stated it’s part of the plan. “These are good questions to be asking. I can’t wait for you to find out the answer,” he said. The fact Luke is being kept away from the promotional materials is “no…