$5.8 billion in student loans will be forgiven for disabled borrowers
by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. The Education Department will forgive $5.8 billion in student…
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Some Indiana schools aren’t reporting COVID cases even as pediatric hospitalizations spike
By Aleksandra Appleton, Chalkbeat Indiana Some Indiana schools aren’t reporting COVID cases as pediatric hospitalizations spike was originally published by…
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‘We’re looking ahead’: More schools are requiring masks and vaccines
By Matt Barnum In just a week, more than a dozen of the country’s large urban school districts have shifted…
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Secret IRS files show the ultrawealthy gained BIGLY with Trump’s ‘big, beautiful tax cut’
by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. In November 2017, with the administration…
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Climate fueled destruction circles the globe
In recent days, now-houseless survivors of Oregon’s Bootleg Fire surveyed their incinerated communities, dozens huddled in a Colorado tunnel seeking…
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COVID’s toll: National test scores show slowed progress in math and reading, wider gaps
By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat A pandemic that reshaped American society and disrupted more than a year of schooling also slowed…
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Biden reversed a lot of Trump’s harsh immigration policy. Deportations are happening anyway.
by Dara Lind, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Days after he took office, President Joe Biden started…
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Millions of energy jobs will be created by hitting climate targets
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement would create 8 million jobs by 2050, a new analysis published in the…
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‘The biggest fraud wave in U.S. history’: Unemployment insurance fraud exploded during the pandemic
By Cezary Podkul, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. A Bronx man allegedly received $1.5 million in just…
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Restrictions on teaching about racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S.
By Cathryn Stout and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, Chalkbeat Over the last several months, officials nationwide have raced to enact new…
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