When Victoria Post first moved into Lakeside Urban Center Apartments in August 2023, she didn’t know what to expect. Neither the 28 year-old nor her roommate had ever lived in an apartment.

In 2020, a North Texas high school teacher and football coach was terminated from Cedar Hill High School for violating the Educator’s Code of Conduct, resulting in a public sanction on his teaching certificate. He has since worked at three different schools.

Shawnie Allen traces her choice to study public health to a moment inside a hospital room in 2023. At 20 years old, she was a junior at Nova Southeastern University when she found out she was six weeks pregnant.


Abortion was still legal until 15 weeks of pregnancy, and Allen asked her presiding nurse about options for termination. The nurse’s expression, Allen noted, shifted. 





“I could just tell she obviously did not like that I was going toward abortion,” she said. 


Alle...

The largest nurse walkout in New York City history has entered its fifth day, with no signs of ending quickly as negotiations continue. The nurses union began striking at three private hospital systems after months of unsuccessful talks surrounding health care benefits and staffing shortages.


The strike, which the nurses union said involved 15,000 nurses, illuminates a growing divide between health practitioners and hospitals as the industry faces major upheaval amid federal administrative ch...

A federal judge has blocked efforts by the Trump administration to curb diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within Head Start early child care programs, which included attempts to revoke funding from providers who use words like “women” and “race” on grant applications. 


Wednesday’s temporary injunction, which also prevented mass layoffs for the program, is the latest development in a legal battle between Head Start programs and the Trump administration, as the president continu...