Archive for July 2025

In 1997, Australia was confronted with the landmark Bringing Them Home report. It chronicled the country’s long, dark history of the forced removal of First Nations children. The report also made recommendations on what to do next. Compensation was key among them. Every state and territory heeded that call in the years that followed, except Western Australia.

Universities across the country have reeled in recent months as the administration has upended decades of norms in higher education, with tens of billions of dollars of federal funds threatened or withheld.

Taya Kinzie ended her official role as Evanston Township High School principal and assistant superintendent at the end of 2025 school year, shortly after announcing her intent to move into the private sphere of social work. Really, she’s going back to where she started — Kinzie actually began her time at ETHS as a social work intern in 1997. Now, she’s returning to the same field.

More than a dozen Albuquerque high school and college students are taking part this month in a summer bridge program through New Mexico Highlands and the group “Future Focused Education.” The group is aimed at exposing students to the wide range of jobs in behavioral health, where the state desperately needs more professionals.

Mainstream media outlets have mostly shied away from highlighting the corruption and greed at the heart of the voucher effort. What they offer instead is a false sense of balance between the perspectives of wary Democrats and the voucher proponents who merrily dismiss their concerns about the future of public schools. A perfect case in point is an April article from The New York Times about a school choice initiative in Texas, which extensively quotes an Americans for Prosperity spokesperson. According to them, the acceleration of the school voucher movement is a “forty-year hand-to-hand fight” that is “genuinely transformative, not just for Texas, but for the rest of the country.” Such rhetoric aligns with the Project 2025 initiative, which advocates for public funding of religious organizations with the clear goal of benefitting Christian institutions specifically.

Kathryn Foster, Ward Manager at Rampton Hospital said, “The new sensory room will be transformative for the people we care for. Many of our patients need spaces where they feel safe, calm and in control – this room will offer just that. We’re so proud of Vikki and deeply appreciative of the support this appeal has received.” Above: Vikki Chester swimming the English Channel