Josie Green - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
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For most of the 20th century, the world of speculative fiction was a boys’ club – specifically, a white boys’ club. Few women or writers of color were able to break into the genre’s exclusive...
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Students who have completed post-secondary education are five times more likely to move abroad as those with only a primary education, according to the 2019 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report....
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According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, more than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2021-2022 school year. That represents(a 4% decrease from...
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During the first wave of the Great Migration (1916-1940), in which millions of African Americans left the rural South and relocated to urban areas, mainly in the Northeast and Midwest, cultural...
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Over 7.6 million high school students – slightly more than half of them boys – played sports during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School...
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Although Black filmmakers have been making critically acclaimed motion pictures since the early 20th century, only recently has the industry begun to honor their achievements. It was barely over 30...
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The 95th Academy Awards nominations are in, and among the finalists are many critically acclaimed films that bombed at the box office. Writer and director Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood excess tale...
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Alcohol consumption in America spiked during the pandemic, according to a 2020 study by the RAND corporation – which reported that drinking frequency rose by 14% in adults over 30. Despite this...
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American consumers have been buying more organic foods than ever before. From 2009 to 2019, organic food sales grew 9%, outpacing conventional food sales, which grew only 3% during that period. And...
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A majority of employers end up offering full-time jobs to their interns, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. In fact, about 70% of interns land a job with...
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The 2023 Oscar nominations for Best Picture are in, and among the critically acclaimed films on the list, some have nevertheless failed to turn a profit. Among these are director Sarah Polley’s...
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Alcohol consumption in the U.S. reached a 30-year high in 2020. The per capita ingestion of ethanol (drinking alcohol) was 2.45 gallons that year – a 2.9% increase from 2019, and the highest rate...
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The 2023 Oscar nominations for Best Picture are in, and the two highest grossing films of 2022 – “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” – are among the finalists. “Top...
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The 95th Academy Awards nominations have just been released; and as with every round of nominations, some critically acclaimed films were shut out completely. One particularly surprising omission...
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Music videos (including songs for kids) currently top the list of the most-watched category on YouTube. Canadian artist The Weeknd, for instance, recently released a music video for his song “Is...
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