School newspapers thousands of miles apart team up to heal from wildfires

After a wildfire decimated a California high school’s newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University’s sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon … Read more

‘I feel very scared’: Some Americans fear losing coverage due to proposed Medicaid cuts

Key components of the bill to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda looks to provide major tax breaks by cutting spending elsewhere, including massive cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) works with state programs to administer … Read more