Over 350 languages are spoken in the United States. Some linguistic surveys estimate the total can be closer to 430 when including specific dialects and indigenous languages. However, the three main languages spoken are English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
Hands Across America, a charity event on May 25, 1986, when millions held hands to form a human chain across the United States from Long Beach, California, to Battery Park in Manhattan. Remember, Artificial Intelligence does not feel hunger, and the federal government CAN HELP. We were promised freedom and prosperity, not a nightmare.
My family and I met up with our neighbors at a spot on the local line. Several friends participated. There was music playing, and we sang some songs. I remember feeling hopeful. There needs to be another one now, without involving a middleman. What can one person do? EVERYONE CAN đź‘Ť DO IT NOW.
Is it Industry decline... Programming changes - Brand confusion - Political polarization - Trust erosion, or something else?
After the gutting of CBS News, it’s beginning to look like Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison and his father and financial backer, Larry Ellison, see press freedom as just another bargaining chip.
Are you anti or pro fascism? The entrenchment within a democracy is rarely an overnight coup; it is typically a gradual process where democratic institutions are hollowed out from within by leaders who often gain power through democratic means. Historians and political scientists identify a distinct "societal recipe" characterized by intense fear, economic anxiety, the manufacturing of existential threats, and the desire for a strong leader to restore a mythical, glorious past. From 1983, the number of American media owners has decreased from 50 companies to 6 today.
On the anniversary of “All the President’s Men”. I look back at that and "Bulworth" Two films that hit close to home for different reasons. This is about one movie I was in, and another our newsroom was actually connected to and reporting, doubly so if you’re a minor character in it. That is the case with "Bulworth" and “All the President’s Men”. The best movies don’t just dramatize how journalism works—they capture why it matters.
Let's be precise. Not poetic. We are not opinion. We are not a rumor. We are not the opposition party, the deep state, or a monolith with an agenda. We are reporters. We show up. We verify. We publish. Then we do it again.
The phrase "enemy of the people" has a history. It was used in Stalin's Soviet Union to justify the imprisonment and execution of those who told inconvenient truths. It was used under Mao, Hitler, Castro, etc. It has never, in any iteration, belonged to a functioning democracy. That is not an opinion. It is the historical record. You are the voice of local news: growing our readership grows civic debate and community problem-solving.
For CBS and now CNN, a Change in Ownership feels like an Uncertain Future. A Paramount victory over in securing Warner Bros. Discovery has led to concerns within these American newsrooms. What is fair about the Fairness Doctrine? The best solution for is to see Netflix produce news.
Stay safe on the Valentine's Day Weekend and welcome to an especially love-ly edition of Better Yet. Romantic, platonic and everything in between, love is all around us. And no one knows that better than your loyal friend pair has truly been through it all.
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I have led startups and turnarounds in different languages and know a thing or two about Q ratings. Although TV network newscasts remain less profitable and are still a top news source for many, but these threee face severe competition from streaming, social media, and shifting habits, particularly among younger viewers. The CBS evening news eyes appear to be blinking.
Joy is not a luxury. It is a necessity. It spreads through art and literature.
It is the small, stubborn light that remains when everything feels scorched.
I do not chase happiness. I prefer joy. It asks little and gives generously.
When I linger with what is good, my heart steadies.
When I offer joy to others, it multiplies, softening anxiety, easing pain, making spaces.
Hope, like a bird, that nestles in the soul and sings even in the storm.
I hold both light and darkness. I witness what happens. I allow myself to be transformed. And still, I choose to illuminate.
The importance of constant reading and continued education.