MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images/MediaNews Group/Getty Images On March 31, the Trump administration sent notice to family planning grantees across 22 states that as of April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), “pending an evaluation of possible violations of their grant terms,” the federal government would be temporarily withholding $65.8 million in Title X funding. These funds help provide reproductive healthcare and cancer screenings for 870 facilities serving nearly 850,000 patients from Alaska to Maine. Title X, which was implemented in1970 via a bipartisan bill, provides grants to public and nonprofit agencies for family planning services,...
Why Does Easter Change Every Year? The Spring Holiday Doesn't Have A Specific Date
ArtMarie/E+/Getty Images Easter is one of those holidays that both sneaks up on you and feels like it takes forever to get here — and I blame that weird mind-game on the fact that it’s always a different day. And not even like a Thanksgiving or Mother’s Day where you can say it’s at least the second Sunday of April or something — Easter just has its own entire thing going on. In 2024, for example, Easter was April 1. In 2025, it’s a full 19 days later. So why does Easter change every year? Is there some fun little trick to...
How To Use Heat Protectant Spray, According To An Expert
Alina Kostrytsia/Moment/Getty Images As I age, there are a few things I refuse to go without in the beauty department. I can not leave the house without moisturizer and mascara, and I can not do anything to my hair until I coat it with heat protectant spray. It is my version of the ‘80s moms’ love of hairspray — I’m convinced it not only protects my hair, but keeps it softer, shinier, and gives it more volume. I have no idea if I’m right and honestly, I have no idea if there’s a proper way to use heat protectant. I...
Department of Education Gives Public Schools 10 Days To Eliminate DEI Programs Or Lose Federal Funding
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The first 100 days of the Trump administration’s second term have been a flurry of activity as priorities shift from the aims of the Biden presidency. Already, the Education Department (ED) has undergone a number of shifts to comport with a “final mission” of eliminating the department all together, a move that would require Congressional approval. On Thursday, ED issued a memo taking aim at another of the administration’s ideological targets: diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). State leaders have been given 10 days to verify the elimination of any DEI programs in public schools. If they do...