Professional degrees, including nursing, education, social work and physician assistants, have been excluded from the Department of Education’s list of professional degrees. These changes have already sparked outrage amongst many and continue to cause tension.
103 journalists and media workers have been killed in 2025. The deaths have sparked international condemnation from international human rights organizations, issuing statements about humanitarian law and the grounds on which journalists and media workers report.
If the penny does officially fade out, its legacy will live on in jars, couch cushions and the familiar saying: “a penny for your thoughts,” a reminder of the coin that served more value in nostalgia and sentiment than in spending.
We’ve entered the first week of November, and SNAP has halted its electronic food benefit program, providing low-income households with food. Amid this crisis, Ohio has stepped up to bridge the gap between the loss of benefits and the demand for aid from food banks.
The shutdown of the United States government has no end in sight. The disagreement by the government’s politicians is striking Americans, causing fear, economic insecurity and anger.
The removal of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show from the air is another push from the Trump administration to limit free speech and weaken democracy.
With the increase in student enrollment at Ohio University, the institution must remain a resource for students, remaining transparent in its mission, but adjusting to student’s needs.
In the Red Zone, 50% of all college sexual assaults statistically occur. To provide safety and prevention, universities, such as Ohio University, must put measures in place to educate and protect their students from sexual assault.
If the president holds an insecurity so deep that he will neither allow a comedian to perform at what is widely considered a light-hearted event and tradition nor attend the event, he is demonstrating a willingness to engage with censorship so wholly that not even humor at his expense is allowed.
VOA is an essential entity, not only for delivering accurate news to countries and regions plagued by censorship, but also for representing the values of a free press and open society.
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