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WASHINGTON, DC – As a lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds approaches, Americans are turning to Community Action Agencies, trusted, locally‑led organizations tasked with combating poverty, for help.   Yet, hundreds of Community Action organizations across the country, responsible for critical services that often include food banks and meal-delivery services for seniors, are […]

ASPEN, Colo. – The Aspen Institute named Mineral Area College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges.   The Top 200 colleges were selected based on publicly available student outcomes data, including

BRYAN, Tex. – Americans lost an average of 63 hours sitting in traffic in 2024 — the highest level ever measured — according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) latest Urban Mobility Report (UMR). That’s the equivalent of nearly eight full workdays lost to traffic and marks a 16 percent increase in national congestion costs over

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is honored to introduce “Faith Teaches: Christian Education Awareness Campaign,” launching in conjunction with the inaugural Religious Education Week. This national observance highlights the vital role of faith-based education in shaping students, families, and communities.   “Faith Teaches” affirms God’s original design of parents

by Jody Gifford WEST DES MOINES, IA (10/06/2025) This summer, Ethan Kau and Alisa Pairmore, both second-year students in Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences’ Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program, completed externships in the Robert A. Winn Clinical Investigator Pathway Program. Supported by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Winn CIPP aims to build a future workforce of

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is pleased to announce Elisa Carlson as its new Board Chair. She will assume her duties Oct. 7.     In this role, Carlson will lead the ACSI Board of Directors for a two-year term, ensuring proper board oversight and accountability so that the

By Robert Beckman Over eighty years ago, the U.S. made what some would call a Faustian bargain: help us get to the atomic bomb before Germany and we’ll live with the consequences. Well, the Japanese were forced to swallow the medicine we brewed for the Germans, but the world is living with the consequences.