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Yesterday — 21 December 2025Main stream

Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult

By: Sopan Deb
21 December 2025 at 18:00
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?

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A stage production of “High School Musical” in Sydney in 2008. Theater kids became an indelible part of the culture when “High School Musical,” “Glee” and “Smash” hit the airwaves.

A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This is Not OK’

20 December 2025 at 16:00
An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.

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A former school board member in upstate New York took a photo of this box in an elementary school classroom. She accused officials of building a “timeout box” for students who have disabilities, though it remains in dispute whether children were ever placed inside.

How to Stop Supporting Your Adult Kids When You’re Retired

20 December 2025 at 18:00
In trying to help grown children, parents can hurt their own retirement security. Here’s how to stop the flow of money.

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“I get deputized” to break the news to adult children that clients are ending financial support, said Malik Lee, a financial adviser.
Before yesterdayMain stream

R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

20 December 2025 at 05:14
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”

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A pediatrician administering a combination six-way vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B, in Berlin.

Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right

14 December 2025 at 19:00
Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving, or even just check on me.
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