Your “childhood” shouldn’t be extended even further
It’s not really Generation Z’s fault that they’re the softest generation in all of human history. Many of them spent their whole life in front of computers with their parents hovering in the background, being told that they needed to be shielded from opinions they don’t like and that they’re victims because they have to deal with normal human struggles. Then, when they got to adulthood, many of them were terrified because they’d never really been prepared to be an adult because mom and dad (or in many cases, just mom) were around to do everything for them. So, to a lot of these kids, the idea of getting out on their own and being responsible for their own life is frightening. That, not economics, is really the biggest reason…Open
What can a classic pirate adventure teach today’s kids about courage, resilience, and growing up? In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles is joined by PragerU Kids’ Jill Simonian to discuss Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Together, they explore Jim Hawkins’ dangerous journey from a sheltered boy to a courageous young man and what his adventures teach about virtue, loyalty, greed, risk, and the consequences of our choices. In an age when children are increasingly sheltered from danger and failure, Treasure Island offers a very different vision of growing up: face reality, develop discernment, stay resilient, and never give up. Watch our content ad-free on our app: https://prageru.onelink.me/3bas/vgyxvm79 Donate…
The power of the song ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ has endured for more than a century. The new documentary, ‘A New Day Begun: The Black National Anthem’ traces the song’s origins in the Jim Crow era and its evolution into a defining anthem of Black life and the civil rights movement. The filmmakers explore what its message of resilience, faith and hope—and its promise of a “new day”—means for America today. Journalist and Director of ‘A New Day Begun,’ Keith Michael Brown says, “a song that started in the segregated South in the small schoolhouse is now on the world stage.”
More than 1,000 Fort Drum, N.Y., community members answered the "call to dirty," putting their laundry detergent to the test as they dove into the muck during the base's annual Mountain Mudder.
Years of destructive fires are forcing utilities to prioritize wildfire resilience as they plan the next generation of the U.S. electric grid. Why it matters: Utilities aren't just expanding the electric grid — they're designing it to withstand a more fire-prone climate . - This year's wildfire season is exceeding the 10-year average for both the number of fires and acres burned. The big picture: The U.S. is embarking on one of the biggest grid expansions in decades just as wildfire risk is becoming a defining challenge for utilities. Today's planning decisions may determine how resilient tomorrow's grid becomes. - Utilities are combining weather models, wildfire behavior, infrastructure data and population impacts to help…
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman told British Vogue she is "embracing love" and moving forward after finalizing her divorce from Keith Urban in January, even as she has yet to confirm rumors linking her to a private equity investor. Kidman, 59, sat for an interview published Thursday in British Vogue in which she reflected on the […] The post Nicole Kidman speaks on post-divorce life, says she's 'embracing love' amid new romance speculation appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman told British Vogue she is "embracing love" and moving forward after finalizing her divorce from Keith Urban in January, even as she has yet to confirm rumors linking her to a private equity investor. Kidman, 59, sat for an interview published Thursday in British Vogue in which she reflected on the end of her nearly two-decade marriage, the fear and vulnerability that followed, and a deliberate choice to remain open to whatever comes next. The interview arrives weeks after she was spotted with Michael Reinstein, a private equity investor, during a getaway in Italy, a sighting that set off a fresh round of dating speculation the actress has so far declined to address. The actress and Urban, 58, separated…Open
AI:Nicole Kidman is reportedly "embracing love" following her January divorce from Keith Urban, according to recent coverage by British Vogue. While the media apparatus remains obsessed with celebrity gossip and speculative romance involving private equity investors, the core facts remain thin. It is more of the same trivial distraction-based journalism designed to pull eyes away from actual news while masking a total lack of substance in modern entertainment reporting.Open
AI:In a rare moment of light amidst the absolute devastation in western Colombia, where catastrophic earthquakes have claimed hundreds of lives and left entire communities in ruins, a single feline has managed to find its way back to its owner. While the radical media focuses on playing politics or ignoring the sheer scale of human misery caused by these seismic disasters, this small miracle offers a brief respite from the grim reality of reconstruction that survivors are now facing. Even as the world watches Colombia struggle to dig through the rubble of collapsed lives and homes, this reunion serves as a singular, poignant reminder of resilience in the face of natural catastrophe.Open
