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Line chart compares the average monthly employment-to-population ratio for Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black/African American civilians with disabilities ages 16-64, averaged over 12-month periods (April 2009-March 2010 to April 2022-March 2023). The employment-to-population ratio of Hispanics was 35.5%, compared to 38.0% for non-Hispanic white and 27.2% for black/African American. Credit: Kessler Foundation…

A Japanese private space company, ispace, can potentially create history today, April 25. The firm will be attempting its maiden lunar landing later today and if it is successful, it will become the first private organization to achieve this feat. So far, the Moon landing is an achievement that only government-backed space organizations have been able to successfully complete. The historic mission will see the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander gradually begin its descent into the lunar surface in just a few hours.As per reports,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFans of Paul Rudd were shocked to see the Hollywood star in a Wrexham pub before the team’s crunch match against Boreham Wood.On Saturday (22 April), Wrexham AFC eased past Boreham Wood to seal their return to League Two after a 15-year hiatus.The club’s owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney weren’t the only famous faces in town for the crucial match, however, with Rudd also making…

In 1965 Marie Nyswander and her team at the Rockefeller University unveiled their findings at last:  Methadone had utterly transformed their patients. By the early 1970s, these individuals were going back to school, getting jobs, and reconnecting with family and friends. One of the team’s very first patients went on to college and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering, all while taking methadone. But soon Nyswander’s treatment started getting resistance from fellow doctors, as well as patients, who thought …

Samsung released its first OLED TV in nearly a decade last year, using a QD-OLED panel made by Samsung Display. However, the company also seems interested in making TVs using LG’s WRGB OLED panels. After holding talks with LG for a few months last year, the deal went on a back burner. However, it seems like the companies have now resumed discussions. It is reported that Samsung Visual Display (Samsung’s TV business) has resumed talks with LG Display to buy the latter’s WRGB OLED panels for its future TVs. Industry…

Months from now, after the sense of fizzy overwhelm has lifted and the better-than-expected dust has settled, there will be two moments that recall for me the fire hose of Coachella, beyond the performances and surprises long since blasted across social media and dissected in Reddit threads. The first was a woman in a swimsuit and crocheted cover-up rousing a line of strangers on Friday afternoon with “who’s ready to see Bad Bunny?!” And the second was a snippet heard while dodging people either posing or on their phones…

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America secured a strong showing of support from its members on Monday, moving the union closer to a possible work stoppage that would disrupt Hollywood production and ripple across Southern California’s economy.WGA members voted by an historic 98% margin (among 9,218 ballots cast) in favor of a strike authorization, which allows union leaders to call a walkout if they are unable to negotiate a new film and TV contract.“You have expressed your collective strength, solidarity, and the…

Bad Bunny first performed at Coachella in 2019, a then-emerging reggaeton and trap artist. On Friday, the Puerto Rican hitmaker returned to the desert as a global superstar to make history as the first Spanish-language artist to ever headline the festival. “Latinos have been rompiéndola  for some time now,” he said with pride. “I just did a tour last year that I never imagined I’d be able to do. I’ve been out for some time, but and it feels cabrón to be here tonight and that you’re all here with me.”…

The courtroom showdown between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems is being called the media trial of the 21st century and that’s not an exaggeration.In one corner, the Rupert Murdoch-owned conservative cable network that has a powerful and often polarizing influence on political discourse in the U.S., irritating liberals and providing sustenance to Donald Trump’s supporters.Across the ring is the Denver-based voting equipment maker, which says Fox News damaged its reputation to the tune of $1.6 billion dollars when…

Agricultural equipment makers like John Deere will be legally required to give Colorado farmers manuals for diagnostic software and other repair tools thanks to the state’s new right-to-repair law. The first-of-its-findlegislation could have wide-reaching ripple effects, especially in the tech industry where consumer groups have spent years jockeying with device manufacturers over the right to repair their devices. For farmers, the successful Colorado legislation could spark copycats laws nationwide.John Deere Owners…