New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of approximately 1,300 people who were arrested, sometimes forcefully, during demonstrations that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020. This is the latest occurrence of racial injustice protesters in big cities receiving historic payouts. In…

Illinois officially became the first state to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a law abolishing cash bail on Tuesday, July 18. The law was originally set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. It was part of the SAFE-T Act, passed in 2021, which aimed…

A group of scientists are warning about a “silent hazard” around climate change that could impact some of America’s largest cities in the coming decades. In a new study, a team from Northwestern University found that excessive underground heat is causing buildings in Chicago to sink. The team called the phenomenon “underground climate change.” Using…

Pandemic-related learning loss appears to not only still be an issue, but according to new data, it is getting worse. The learning gap created during the pandemic is widening as students struggle to catch up, according to the national study released Tuesday, July 11, by the NWAE. SAN reported last year on a major drop…

The cost of living in New York City is 38% higher than the state average and 80% higher than the national average, so it’s no wonder that the Big Apple tops the list of the world’s wealthiest cities, clocking in with a total of 340,000 millionaires. But regular folks — workers in the service industry for…

A renowned forensic pathologist criticized a Justice Department report that found Jeffery Epstein’s death by suicide was aided by negligence and misconduct on behalf of the jail guards tasked with monitoring him. Speaking to Radar Online, Dr. Michael Baden called the report “ridiculous,” saying it ignored clear-cut evidence of a homicide. Baden has investigated hundreds…

Artificial intelligence (AI) likely played a role in securing some applicants’ current jobs or excluding them from consideration for the position they missed out on. Human resources departments have been using automated tools to assist in recruitment for some time now. However, in February of 2023, one of the first allegations of discrimination based on…