Kamala Harris’ new lead in top Iowa poll could bode well for her in some key swing states
A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris with an advantage in GOP-leaning Iowa. A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll published on Saturday showed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of former President Donald Trump by three points in Iowa, a massive development in a state once seen as a lock for the…
I’m a Yale student, and I had to audition to join on-campus clubs. This controversial practice is an Ivy League tradition.
Auditioning for on-campus clubs at Yale is a tradition. At Yale’s start of every school year, the first few weeks are the most hectic — and competitive. As a sophomore at the Ivy League school, I know how busy the beginning of the year is, especially when it comes to rushing academic clubs and organizations.…
I grew up poor and couldn’t afford things other kids could. A teacher went out of his way to make me feel included.
A teacher helps out his student with her work Growing up, my mom was a single parent to myself and my younger sister in New Orleans. Throughout my childhood, my mom worked between three and four jobs at a time to provide for our family. She worked for an insurance company, a jeweler, and a…
I make my son pay for his college tuition. If he gets good grades each semester, I pay him back.
The author, not pictured, makes her son pay for his college tuition upfront. My mom was the first on either side of my family to go to college. She went back in her 40s, getting her master’s degree at a college an hour away from our home while raising three children. Growing up, she was…
I’m a seasoned angel investor. Here’s what I’m looking for from entrepreneurs — and what makes me turn them down.
London-based angel investor William Reeves has some rules about being pitched businesses. I’ve been a fairly active angel investor for 25 years now. From a young age, I was a computer geek. In 1997, I set up my first business, Fletcher Research, researching the internet for large corporates. I was in the right place at…
I did a remote internship while also side hustling at a national park. I worked all day but lived in a beautiful place.
Rebecca Bergmaier spent a summer working in the Grand Canyon while also doing a remote internship. I’m from Pennsylvania originally and go to school in Philadelphia, where I’m studying business management and marketing. I wanted to get outdoors, and in 2022 I heard about CoolWorks, which is a really great website to find seasonal work…
Ukrainian intelligence details the equipment it says Moscow is arming North Korean troops with, from ‘Dragunov’ sniper rifles to thermal imagers
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence has shared details about the weapons and equipment it says Moscow is arming North Korean troops with. The department said on Saturday that Moscow had equipped thousands of North Korean troops in Russia with 60mm mortars, AK-12 rifles, RPK/PKM…
Gen Z is just now discovering Trump’s ‘Grab ’em’ comments on TikTok. Don’t let that make you feel old.
Billy Bush interviewed Donald Trump on “Access Hollywood” in 2015. Conversations between the two from 2005 resurfaced in the last presidential election Want to feel old? Some members of Gen Z are apparently only now discovering Donald Trump’s infamous “Grab em …” comments that came during a hot mic moment. The clip, which became an…
Trump and Harris’ frantic final 2024 campaign stops show why North Carolina matters
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are spending a lot of time in Pennsylvania, but where else they are going reveals their strategies. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are saying a lot about their closing strategies by deploying the most valuable resource left in the 2024 campaign: their time. The top two…
