WASHINGTON (Reuters) – “We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,” President Donald Trump exhorted his screaming supporters before they marched on the U.S. Capitol last week, saying he’d go with them. He did not – and what unfolded was a deadly breach of the citadel of American democracy that […]
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In wake of Capitol riot, Americans struggle for answers
This past week, Americans watched as the hallowed chambers of the Capitol were overrun and defiled, not by some foreign enemy of democracy but a mob of their fellow citizens. And then they tried to make sense of it. In letters to the editor and posts on social media, they […]
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Why does the ‘COVID slide’ look worse in math? Texas schools struggle to get students back on track
Rosa Mendoza tried her best to make sure her children kept up with their math lessons during the prolonged school closures. She hung a white board in the kitchen of their East Dallas apartment so she could work out problems alongside her 10-year-old daughter. To help her son, a first-grader […]
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Wichita women in the workforce struggle with remote learning
Rianne Chavez had to start a new bartering game with her 6-year-old daughter last week: if she does her school work for 20 minutes then she can try to get just 20 minutes of paperwork done from home. Chavez owns a massage therapy practice in Wichita, and when USD 259 […]
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Consumers of All Ages Still Struggle on E-Commerce Sites | E-Commerce
By Jack M. Germain Nov 12, 2020 6:00 AM PT Online shoppers face myriad basic obstacles, including not being able to complete a purchase transaction. A survey by customer engagement firm goMoxie shows that consumers struggle to complete basic tasks on retail websites. Most are more likely to abandon the […]
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With iffy wifi, Venezuelan schoolkids struggle to join classes
Thumbing his mobile phone, Jonathan Figueroa sits on his doorstep in a desperate daily quest for a Wifi signal to download his homework. © Cristian Hernández Jonathan Figueroa, 14, looking for a neighbor’s wifi signal in Caracas’ Bello Campo district, October 2020 Battered by the pandemic and economic collapse, Venezuela’s […]
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Focusing on Firearms Proves Contentious in Struggle to Reduce Veterans’ Suicides
The suicide rate among military veterans keeps edging higher, and to address it Congress passed a major bill this fall, named in honor of a Navy SEAL named Cmdr. John Scott Hannon who was an outspoken proponent of veterans’ mental health treatment before he took his own life with a […]
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Work-life balance in age of coronavirus a struggle for some, survey finds
Achieving work-life balance in the age of coronavirus is proving difficult for college students and graduates just starting out in the professional world, one survey found, with many citing mental health services as an important benefit they would like to see offered by future employers. Even though students and recent […]
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Online learning is a struggle for some students in Special Education programs
Posted: Oct 6, 2020 / 03:54 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 6, 2020 / 05:29 PM EDT CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Middle and high schoolers in the Central Square School District have been remote learning for about a month now. One parent with a child in the special education […]
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She’s 33 and has battled Covid-19 for months. Her struggle is a warning for young adults.
Before she contracted Covid-19 in June, Stephanie Moir ran almost every day, pushing her two young children in a jogging stroller. Now she has trouble just getting out of bed and showering. She’s been dealing with the disease for months, and there’s still no end in sight. Her battle has […]
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She’s 33 and has battled Covid for months. Her struggle is a warning for young adults.
Before contracting Covid-19 in June, Stephanie Moir ran almost every day, pushing her two young children in a jogging stroller. Now she has trouble just getting out of bed and showering. She’s been dealing with the disease for months, and there’s still no end in sight. Her battle has included […]
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California parents struggle as Covid and fires collide
With much of northern California still under lockdown and wildfires raging across the state, Corinne Perham’s nine-year-old daughter recently asked: can coronavirus and fire make people extinct? Covid-19 changed the lives of Perham’s family in ways large and small – her husband, an emergency room doctor, started showering before he […]