Student loan debt

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“In the second quarter of 2024, 2.4 million borrowers carried a federal student loan balance between $100,000 and $200,000, up from 1.8 million people who owed that much during the same period in 2017, according to new data by the…

War and a venture capital boom

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Editor: Is this supposed to be reassuring? “War and rising nationalism is expected to spur a venture capital boom in a one-time Silicon Valley ‘taboo’ sector: defense tech” — Fortune

Race based college activities

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“‘No mention of any activities for whites’ Ky. Lawmakers rehash DEI initiatives” — LPM.org “Rep. Emily Callaway from Louisville — who voted in favor of eliminating DEI programs at public colleges this year — asked the president of Northern Kentucky…

Target store warned

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“The Sacramento City Attorney’s Office warned a chain retail store that it could face a public nuisance charge due to a large number of phone calls placed to police when thieves repeatedly stole from its Land Park location. A person…

Owl vs. Owl

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“To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins.…

France and economic policy

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“It has the world’s largest government relative to the size of the economy. Government spending to GDP exceeds 58%, the highest in the world. Unions are exceedingly powerful. Their ability to organize paralyzing strikes gives them a level of economic…