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Daily News Lesson August 16 2023

How Taylor Swift created an economic boom with her Eras Tour

Pop superstar Taylor Swift ended the first U.S. leg of her Eras Tour Wednesday night after generating enormous revenue
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Daily News Lesson August 15 2023

What we know about Trump’s 2020 election indictment

Learn about the latest federal charges facing Donald Trump
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Daily News Lesson August 14 2023

How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions

Learn about the ways changes in local media might fuel political division
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Daily News Lesson August 10 2023

People in prison struggle to survive unrelenting heat without air conditioning

Learn about the difficulties prisoners face in hot prison cells
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Daily News Lesson August 05 2023

One person's 'Brief But Spectacular' take on flourishing with a disability

Hear from an author on the experiences of his brother who survived a notorious institution for people with disabilities
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Daily News Lesson August 04 2023

National monument dedicated to Emmett Till amid debate over how to teach race and history

Learn about a proposed monument to the victim of a racist murder
COVID-19 care at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Daily News Lesson August 03 2023

Rising COVID hospitalizations point to summer surge in infections

Learn why COVID began spreading more rapidly in the summer of 2023
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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Climate change and the risk of spreading diseases

Discuss how a changing climate can affect the spread of disease
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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

End of Ukraine grain deal ‘hurting the most needy people in the world’

Learn about the effects of the Ukraine war on famine across the globe
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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Missouri judge cites ‘actual innocence’ in overturning conviction of man imprisoned nearly 30 years
Understand how Lamar Johnson's conviction was overturned due to "actual innocence."
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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Understanding the high cost of staying in touch for the incarcerated
Families of incarcerated people in the U.S. spend as much as $500 a month to keep in touch with loved ones
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Daily News Lesson July 31 2023

Hear from these high school graduates on what they think the future holds for them
Talk with a friend or classmate about your possible future self. Then make your own Brief But Spectacular video!
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