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Cheers: James Lawson was born in 1928, the same year as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was an important ally of KingÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike King, who was cut down when he was just 39, Lawson was able to live a long life and see the changes ...

We need more primary care physicians in rural communities

AmericaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ health care system prioritizes sickness over wellness and prevention. According to the Commonwealth Fund, despite spending the highest percentage of gross domestic product on health care, the United States ranks last among 11 of the wealthiest countries in the world. The ...

Three-year bachelorÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ degrees an idea worth pursuing

Higher education has taken quite a beating lately. Lawmakers have been going after administrators and faculty at high-profile institutions over Gaza protests and diversity initiatives. Students and parents are getting increasingly impatient with rising costs. Faculty are disgruntled in many ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: The tunnels that are cut through mountains and hillsides and under rivers are marvels of modern engineering. And itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ easy to imagine how awed drivers must have been a century ago when they traveled through the Liberty Tunnels in their Model Ts when it opened to traffic in January ...

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Cheers: Thanks to his job as a school supervisor in the communities within proximity to Avella, Alvin Dinsmore White was able to compile valuable information about people and families in the region. White himself died in 1994, just a few months before his 100th birthday, but his legacy ...