Caroline Tucker

Dec 17, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Caroline Tucker

"Can somebody give me a definition of credible?" a D.C. teacher asks a classroom of eighth graders. "Kind of like trustworthy," a student responds. A new DC Public Schools pilot program aims to arm kids with tools to identify online misinformation. The News4 I-Team got a look at the lessons inside Inspired Teaching Public Charter School, in Northeast. Students were learning tools such as lateral reading.

Oct 24, 2024 | martlet.ca | Caroline Tucker

At the end of October, another vital local arts venue will shut its doorsMy friend Liza’s birthday came and went this year. We celebrated late on Thursday evening, coming down from a week of lectures we’ve grown all too good at tuning out and assignments rewritten one too many times. Like most nights, we drowned our brain fog in a chorus of crashing waves. Perched atop a log, detached, and washed ashore long ago, we watch the sun make its slow and steady descent into darkness.

Jul 19, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Caroline Tucker |Jeff Piper |Caroline Tucker

A Texas-based escrow company entrusted with managing money meant to pay surrogates is accused of stealing millions from people who were trying to grow their families in our area and around the globe. The allegations against Surrogacy Escrow Account Management LLC (SEAM) are laid out in a civil lawsuit filed in a Houston district court.

Apr 20, 2023 | martlet.ca | Caroline Tucker

Research, insight, and anecdotes behind an evolving body of advocacy on Vancouver IslandIt’s March 30 — just one day before the 14th annual International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV). This year, the folks at Tau Wellness have kick-started the celebrations early with a visit to Victoria’s legislature. The 10 of them arrive by water taxi, landing smoothly along the docks of Victoria’s harbour. Above, the skies are perfectly blue, but the city is unbearably windy.

Feb 9, 2023 | martlet.ca | Caroline Tucker

A global network of sex-positive, dirty storytelling events — what more could  you ask for? Lately, Victoria has felt anything but sexy, smutty, or slutty. But that’s about to change, because Smut Slam, the world-famous open-mic night, has returned to the Victoria Events Centre (VEC). On Jan. 26, for the first time since 2020, Consenting Slammers gathered downtown for a night of stories, questions, and confessions, hosted by DD Brassiere.