Elaine S. Povich | Stateline.org (TNS) When Tanya Gillespie-Lambert goes to an event in a local park in Camden, New Jersey, she takes a handful of brochures about free preschool with her. She has no hesitation about approaching strangers — moms with kids especially — to plug the service in the local public school district, where she’s director of community and parent … [Read more...] about When ‘universal’ pre-K really isn’t: Barriers to participating abound
Archives for July 2024
Column: Do we need movie stars?
Why aren’t actors like Jon Bernthal, Oscar Isaac and Walton Goggins “the biggest movie stars in the world right now?,” someone wondered on social media recently, comparing their talents to Robert De Niro and his peers in the 1970s. Hollywood has weathered shifting tides since the dawn of cinema. But it’s only more recently that stardom itself, as a pop cultural force, has taken … [Read more...] about Column: Do we need movie stars?
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Q&A: AI vs. the metaverse — How artificial intelligence might change the future of the internet
Ryan Faughnder | Los Angeles Times (TNS) Remember the metaverse? It was just a couple of years ago when it seemed as if every technology, media and entertainment company was scrambling to adapt to a future in which regular people would live parallel digital lives online, walking around as virtual reality avatars in 3D computerized worlds. That hype hasn’t amounted to much so … [Read more...] about Q&A: AI vs. the metaverse — How artificial intelligence might change the future of the internet
Carroll Yesteryears: Fond memories of a childhood in Carroll County
For 15 weeks in 1910 the Union Bridge Pilot newspaper published a series of “Reminiscences” written by James Lebbius Switzer. Switzer was born there in 1837 and his family was related to almost everyone in the village. He was about 20 when the family moved to Iowa. Writing from his home in Missouri more than 50 years later, he shared vivid memories of his Carroll County … [Read more...] about Carroll Yesteryears: Fond memories of a childhood in Carroll County