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The month is almost over, and the stats are staggering: 18 Central and Eastern states — from Arkansas to New Jersey — and D.C. have experienced a record-muggy July.

Find out where your state ranks and why it’s been so humid here:
Has it seemed particularly humid to you? See how your state felt in July.
Dozens of states have experienced an unusually humid July. Find out where yours ranks and why it’s been so muggy.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died last week at the age of 54, was great at playing Theo Huxtable in “The Cosby Show,” “perhaps because he was genuinely a Theo at heart,” Vinson Cunningham writes.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner and the Lessons of Theo Huxtable
The actor, who died last week, carried the burden of representing the meritocratic Black boy par excellence, and made it look easy.
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In my career representing DC in Congress, I've rarely seen a DC appropriations bill as unreasonable and patronizing to the 700k+ DC residents as the one released today.
 
Statement: bit.ly/44F1VSd
Mayor Muriel Bowser

It's never too early to start getting ready for the 2025-26 school year. ✏️

Mark your calendars for the biggest Back to School event of the season—there will be free school supplies, haircuts, games, food, & fun for all ages:

🗓️Tues, Aug 19
⌚️11AM
📌Fields at RFK Campus
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We’re building real pathways to high-wage, high-demand careers for DC youth.

That includes over 6,000 DC young people enrolled in free opportunity programs—including the DCPS Career and Technical Education program—gaining skills, mentorship, and purpose.
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We're proud of our young people for making the most of their summer, including:

🧰13,000+ enrolled in MBSYEP
🎉Thousands attending Late Night Hype
🎬Hundreds at DPR's outdoor movies
🛟Dozens in DPR's Lifeguard Program

If DC youth want an opportunity, we've got one waiting.
🥂👏 Alexander Wei - Reasoning @OpenAI

We achieved gold medal-level performance 🥇on the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad with a general-purpose reasoning LLM!

Our model solved world-class math problems—at the level of top human contestants. A major milestone for AI and mathematics.
Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA

What a journey! After 8.5 years, today I bid farewell to @unfpa.org & the UN family. I leave with confidence that a brighter future for women & girls is within reach. I'll be rooting from the sidelines as my amazing colleagues carry our march of progress forward

¡Adelante!
PRB @prbdata.bsky.social
Where are U.S. kids struggling the most? States facing the biggest challenges to children's well-being are largely in the South & Southwest: AL, AZ, AR, LA, MS, NV, NM, OK, TX & WX, says a new report from @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social
PRB @prbdata.bsky.social

Nationwide, >60% of children with special health care needs have conditions that regularly affect their ability to do the same things as other kids.

Our new @kidsdata.bsky.social blog provides crucial insights on daily life for #CSHCN & their families: bit.ly/3Gp9Rh2
PRB @prbdata.bsky.social

On #WorldPopulationDay, watch our powerful session on the ways fearful narratives around low fertility are shifting approaches to sexual & reproductive health & rights across the globe: bit.ly/4l0qfnd
PRB Event: Challenging the Low-Fertility Panic: A New Narrative for Reproductive Health
We are witnessing an unprecedented and global shift to lower fertility. As panic over a world with fewer children grows, what are the implications for reproductive health and autonomy for women, couples, and families? PRB kicks off our virtual event series on a smaller world with a data-driven conversation on how fearful narratives around low fertility are shifting approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights, even in countries with higher fertility. Join experts from across contexts to discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new reality—and to explore resilient, people-centered responses. Panelists: - Fadekemi (Kemi) Akinfaderin, Chief Global Advocacy Officer, Fòs Feminista - Traci L. Baird, President and CEO, EngenderHealth - Alessio Cangiano, Acting Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA - Jessica Grose, Opinion Writer, The New York Times - Sanghamitra Singh, Chief of Programs, Population Foundation of India - Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center Moderators: - Apoorva Jadhav, Demographer, Incoming PRB Senior Fellow (July 2025) - Jennifer Sciubba, President and CEO, PRB
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PRB Introducing State of Access, a New Scorecard for Contraceptive Policy Across the U.S.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-YG...
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A group of Nobel laureates and nuclear experts is meeting at the University of Chicago today, on the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, to discuss the risk of nuclear war. "We now have thousands of these weapons," says physics professor Daniel Holz. "Within an hour, civilization could end."
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The reporters who had Alex Karp on had no idea what he was talking about so it's 8+ minutes of unabashed rambling about Western superiority, 'the pagan religion' of wokeism, university academics and the UN undermining America 'or anyone who is Jewish', how America is Calvinist etc
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Today is #MandelaDay.

18 years ago, Nelson Mandela gave his powerful mandate to The Elders.

Much has changed since Madiba first brought The Elders together - but his vision and message of hope remain as urgent and inspiring as ever.
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“The mandate Mandela gave our group continues to be a responsibility to not look away from crisis, but to stand up and speak out. Just like Madiba, we will never lose hope.” - Mary Robinson, founding member and former Chair of The Elders
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“Mandela’s legacy was inimitable, and the grace of his leadership was unparalleled... He believed that it was possible to address the greatest threats facing the world, if only we all work together.” - Gro Harlem Brundtland, founding member of The Elders
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“Let us honour Nelson Mandela not only with words, but with our action. Let us choose courage over silence, empathy over indifference, and righteousness over injustice.” - Graça Machel, Deputy Chair and founding member of of The Elders