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Stephanie Shojaee occupies the paradox modern leadership increasingly demands: highly visible, yet deeply private. A recent Wall Street Journal headline framed this as “extreme privacy.” In reality, it reflects something more deliberate. Shojaee’s public presence is engineered, and it does not come at the cost of personal boundaries. Although she operates in the spotlight, she […]

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An animal conservation/welfare organization has had to think big to solve a big challenge: how to transport elephants in need of veterinary care across long distances. Their response is the brand new “Elephant Ambulance,” a specially designed truck built to move elephants in a way that protects both them and everybody else on the road. […] The post New Elephant Ambulance Marks Inaugural Rescue, Bringing 27-year-old to Hospital with Leg Injury appeared first on Good News Network.

The Department of Health and Human Services is working alongside more than 50 of the nation’s top medical schools to incorporate nutrition classes in their medical school curriculum. “Chronic disease is bankrupting our health system, and poor nutrition sits at the center of that crisis,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Today medical schools are committing to change how America trains its doctors—by putting nutrition back where it belongs: at the heart of patient care.”  While some estimates claim more than one million Americans die from food-related chronic illnesses each year, over 70% of medical schools did not require any nutrition course. The 53 schools spread across 31 states have committed to offering 40 hours of required nutrition education starting in the Fall 2026 semester. HHS is not requiring the schools to implement any specific course work and is letting the schools create the 40 hours of classes as they see fit. “We did not dictate the specifics, we just asked that they put forward their own unique approach,” said one senior HHS official.   Kennedy was joined by Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, leaders from the American Medical Association, and the Association of American Medical Colleges at an event to honor the schools who have joined in the effort.   “To make America great again, we must make it healthy – and today’s commitment by leading universities is a critical step down that road,” said McMahon.   RFK Jr.: “One of the things that we’re talking about now at HHS is to use the Commission Corps, or other groups within our agency, to go out and actually teach people to cook.” pic.twitter.com/ROBOf92whS— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 5, 2026 “We are sending a signal with this event to the medical community,” a senior HHS Official said. “We have an important discussion that’s happening with the MAHA movement, and we want to work together and get things done and enthusiastically agree when we agree,” said a senior HHS Official.  “This is a real accomplishment. These are real commitments,” the senior official continued.  What we eat shapes not only our physical health, but our mental and spiritual well-being. Returning to real, nutrient-dense food and supporting a healthy microbiome is how we Make America Healthy Again. pic.twitter.com/gUnU2oHfAo— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) March 4, 2026 HHS has also committed $5 million to medical schools, nursing programs, and residency programs that pledge to integrate nutrition into their curricula through the National Institute of Health.   The schools committed to the initiative include the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Tufts University School of Medicine, and George Washington University School of Medicine.   The post HHS Partners With Medical Schools to Require Nutrition Education, Combat Chronic Disease appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Attention DePaul University donors! Do you want to check out how your funding is being put to use? The institution just initiated an obnoxious, new anti-ICE journalism institute in partnership with radical ex-Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot and another Chicago-based left-wing group financed by some of the most notorious leftists in American politics. The supposedly Catholic DePaul — which sits comfortably on a roughly $1.15 billion endowment — announced that it was launching the cringely-named Institute for Journalism and Racial Justice (IJRJ) during a February 25 campus event, according to student newspaper The DePaulia. The announcement came following a “community briefing for a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement accountability platform led by” Lightfoot. Who held Lightfoot accountable? The Firearm Industry Trade Association panned Lightfoot's tenure as Mayor in 2023 as being tainted by some of “the worst criminal and gang violence in memory.” Chicagoans reported a 43 percent crime increase in 2022 above pre-pandemic levels under her administration. But apparently, DePaul sees the former Democrat mayor as its guiding “Lightfoot.”  “DePaul launches new journalism institute aligned with Lightfoot ICE initiative,” read the headline by DePaulia editor-in-chief Sofia Joseph and content managing editor Laura Vázquez David. Also telling was that the anti-ICE “community briefing” with Lightfoot was moderated by former ABC News Nightline correspondent Chris Bury, who has since become the senior journalist-in-residence at DePaul. Per The Depaulia, “In describing how racial justice comes into play at [her] ICE accountability project, Lightfoot” told Bury that “it is ‘fundamentally a part of where we are.’”  In keeping with Lightfoot’s distorted vision, one of the new Depaul institute’s core goals is to “[a]dvance racial justice in media by creating space for dialogue, learning and action that challenges inequitable media practices and promotes narrative change by employing asset-framing, solutions journalism and other innovative journalism practices towards more inclusive storytelling.”  Newsflash (no pun intended): Injecting leftist "racial justice" politics into storytelling is a textbook case of manufacturing propaganda, not journalism.  Despite the fact that Chicago has become part of the nexus of criminal violence and resistance against ICE officers carrying out federal immigration law, it appears that the IJRJ’s focus is to invert the perspective among student journalists to cast law enforcement as the aggressors and the criminals as the marginalized victims. Lightfoot’s adjoined anti-ICE initiative states this plainly: Our purpose is to document and provide transparency to the public and other interested parties of the numerous allegations of serious misconduct committed by federal immigration agents who have been rampaging through our communities since the start of the so-called ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ in September, 2025. We aim to serve as a permanent, centralized repository to memorialize the information and evidence of the actions of the array of federal immigration agents operating in the towns and neighborhoods throughout Chicagoland since September 2025. "Rampaging?" Oh please. On November 9 2025, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated unequivocally that “Border Patrol faced gunshots, violent mobs at every stop, bricks and other objects thrown at them, and four vehicle rammings” in Chicago alone. “The violence in Chicago against law enforcement is unprecedented—These attacks are the consequence of vitriolic smears from sanctuary politicians and the media,” McLaughlin continued. “Just last week, Chicago and national media falsely accused law enforcement of raiding a daycare center. Now, they are silent when our agents come under gunfire.” Who is it here that is "rampaging"? Will DePaul University’s new “racial justice” journalism institute “aligned” with Lightfoot’s soft-on-crime radicalism change that trend? Doubtful. DePaul is also partnering on this effort with the liberal media nonprofit Public Narrative, which has been funded by massive left-wing money networks like the MacArthur Foundation, and eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar. MacArthur — which has doled out millions to causes such as “environmentalist policy, population control,” “racial justice” and “abortion access” per Influence Watch — has nominally funneled $2,030,300 (unadjusted for inflation) between Public Narrative’s founding in 1989 to 2024. Omidyar, who has financed efforts to censor conservative viewpoints on social media and infuse left-wing dogmatism into U.S. journalism, also gave out a $100,000 grant to Public Narrative in 2024, according to a 990 tax filing. Public Narrative’s “Mission” page reads like a DEI factsheet: We balance the public narrative through equity, inclusivity and authenticity frameworks in all aspects of media coverage: from storytelling to consumption and the production and promotion of all media forms. The "baseline research" for the institute was done in collaboration with a "Black-led" group called Reparations Media, which as you might expect, seeks to "build narrative power and increase public support for reparations" for African Americans.  Are DePaul’s donors okay with their fortunes being used to fund this kind of radical leftist indoctrination foisted onto students?

In the latest about-face in his nascent term in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has reversed course on a promise he made about traffic in the Big Apple. The New York Post reported Thursday that Mamdani has walked back his commitment to enact a "daylighting" policy at intersection crosswalks. 'We always take a holistic approach, and we really look at the unique conditions and context of each location.'Daylighting is a policy designed to ban parking near pedestrian crosswalks, allowing for safer travel by foot throughout the city.Mamdani publicly declared in February that "we deserve to have all [intersections] daylighted," according to the Post.RELATED: LGBTQ champion Zohran Mamdani faces backlash over photo with 'anti-homosexuality' Ugandan lawmaker Photographer: Amir Hamja/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHowever, Mamdani's Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn indicated Tuesday that this promise was more talk than walk.“Daylighting is definitely one important tool but as a few of us have mentioned earlier, we always take a holistic approach, and we really look at the unique conditions and context of each location,” Flynn told the city council.The Post previously reported that enacting a universal daylighting policy across the city would be extremely costly for New Yorkers. The city would lose an estimated 300,000 parking spots and could foot a bill as large as $3 billion.“The Mamdani administration is committed to following the data, listening to the evidence, and working with City Council and our experienced advocacy partners to expand daylighting effectively and maximize street safety across the five boroughs,” Mamdani spokeswoman Dora Pekec said in a statement to the Post.This isn't the first campaign promise Mamdani has reneged on. Last month, Mamdani brought back homeless encampment sweeps during a massive snowstorm that swept the city. Mamdani had promised to ditch the policy during his campaign. At least 19 people died outdoors during the cold snap on Mamdani's watch. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!