Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Why I Stopped Fighting AI in My Classroom and Started Teaching With It
At a recent academic retreat I attended, the air was thick with what I can only call educational gaslighting. A panel of graduate and undergraduate students looked a room full of professors in the eye and claimed they only used AI to verify their work because they valued learning too much to take shortcuts. Minutes…
Read MoreThe False Fear of Noncitizen Voting
And yet the SAVE Act is only one front of the attack on our democracy. There are other examples of disturbing ways that the Trump Administration is fearmongering about immigrants, effectively sowing mistrust in our electoral systems. Since May 2025, the Department of Justice has demanded that nearly all states and the District of Columbia…
Read MoreHochul’s ban on cops working with ICE is an attack on public safety
Gov. Kathy Hochul raced to gaslight New York on Tuesday by falsely claiming her new anti-ICE law will boost public safety, when it will do the reverse. Yes: the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act undermines public safety — and good for her GOP gubernatorial rival, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, for standing up to her…
Read MoreStepbrother accused of murdering Anna Kepner on family cruise sees trial delayed again
The trial for the baby-faced teen charged with murdering his cheerleader stepsister Anna Kepner has been delayed for a second time. Timothy Hudson, 16, will now go on trial over last November’s Carnival Horizon cruise ship killing on Nov. 2 after a Florida judge granted a request for a delay, which was made by his…
Read MoreWhat Happened to Mica Miller: The Tragic True Story Behind Death of the Pastor’s Wife
Content warning: This story discusses suicide. Mica Miller put faith before everything—including, according to friends and family, her own safety. “Out of all of us, she was the most strong in her faith,” her sister Destinee Barrientos shared in the new Netflix docuseries Death of the Pastor’s Wife, now streaming. “Mica knew her calling: ‘I’m going to…
Read MoreEminem reveals Dolly Parton’s impactful letter she sent him detailing their ‘unexplained connection’
Eminem revealed that Dolly Parton once sent him a heartfelt note that left an “impact on him” as the rap star paid tribute following the country icon’s death at 80 on Tuesday. The “Lose Yourself” rapper, 53, said that Parton sent the congratulatory message after the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at…
Read MoreChucky-masked sicko who terrorized Philadelphia citizens is captured in Vegas after 2-week manhunt
The Chucky mask-wearing sicko who is accused of terrorizing Philadelphia citizens, including a female jogger, was captured in Las Vegas following a two-week-long manhunt. Zymire Hughes, 22, was busted in Nevada Tuesday night on an out-of-state warrant for the alleged aggravated assault of a 40-year-old woman on Aug. 12, US Marshals announced. “Tonight the fear…
Read MoreChristian Gonzalez gets real about ‘frustrating’ Patriots extension talks
Christian Gonzalez will have to wait for his future. The star cornerback is headed into the Patriots’ final preseason without the long-term contract extension that’s been hanging over his head the past few months. Wednesday marked Gonzalez’s return to practice this week after what coach Mike Vrabel called a minor injury kept him sidelined since…
Read MoreUncle of 16 kids rescued from Ohio house of horrors charged with sex abuse — alongside their disgraced parents
Two men charged with sexual abuse alongside the Ohio parents of 16 almost feral kids were the reason cops were tipped off to the squalid living conditions inside the house of horrors, according to prosecutors. Josh Saunders, 23, and Brandon Henderson Sr., 40, were arrested and indicted — alongside Gary Siders Jr., and Elizabeth Siders…
Read MoreYankees can’t overcome rare Brett Headrick failure in loss to Astros
The first two Yankees pitchers to give up runs on Tuesday had been trending poorly for an extended stretch. The third, Brent Headrick, had not. But after the Yankees had fought back to take three separate leads, Headrick picked a poor time for a rare bad outing, giving up three runs in the eighth inning…
Read MoreDolly Parton Put Secret Song in a Time Capsule to Be Released in 2045
“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one,” Swift said in a statement to E! News. “She was truly the gift that kept…
Read MoreDarline Graham Nordone Wins Runoff in South Carolina’s Special GOP Senate Primary
“There is still a big hole in my heart,” Nordone told supporters at a rally, “but I know he’s looking down right now very proud of everyone in this room.” Nordone will next face off against the Democratic candidate Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who won her primary in June. The upper chamber seat, though, is…
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