When you're hanging out at the beach and you gaze off into the horizon, do you know what is across the ocean from you?
In ancient times, many people used to think that the world simply ended at the horizon, perhaps after a ring of dangerous dragons or sea monsters. Today we know better — but perhaps not that much better.
The following maps, inspired by a map by Eric Odenheimer, show the cities and countries that are at the same latitude across the ocean, for anywhere in the world. Read More...
Related story: Historic Latino student wave reshapes many colleges. But access is uneven.
Hundreds of colleges and universities have capitalized on demographic trends in the new century to establish a burgeoning sector of higher education known as Hispanic-serving institutions.
That’s what the federal government calls schools where at least a quarter of undergraduates are Hispanic. There were 229 of these schools, or HSIs, in 2000, according to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. Read More...
Less than a year after she enrolled in Medicaid, recovering cancer patient Kelly Oldfield will likely lose her coverage this summer after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires next month, leaving her – and other medically vulnerable patients like her – to struggle alone once again.
Oldfield, a single mother of seven, had lived uninsured for most of her 56 years, delaying care she could not afford and ignoring worsening health problems. Read More...
