Students pulling a heavy ball representing the total outstanding student debt in the U.S. at over $1.5 trillion.PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident-elect Joe Biden promised to forgive at least some student debt during his campaign, and he now supports immediately canceling US$10,000 per borrower as part of COVID-19 relief measures.
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Qaphela Dlamini, educator, wheelchair basketball player and disability rights advocate from South Africa.globalsportsmentingprogram/flickr, CC BY-NDWhen the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, it became illegal to restrict access – to employment, education or federally funded institutions – based on disability....
'Tug-of-words' posts debating the merits of socialism versus capitalism are all over social media platforms.pxfuelThe word “socialism” has become a trigger word in U.S. politics, with both positive and negative perceptions of it split along party lines.
But what does socialism actually mean to Americans? Although surveys can ask...
These psychological tendencies explain why an onslaught of facts won't necessarily change anyone's mind.Francesco Carta fotografo/Moment via Getty ImagesA rumor started circulating back in 2008 that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. At the time, I was serving as chair of the Hawaii Board of Health. The director and deputy director of...
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Riot police face off against protesters in Lima, Peru, Nov. 12, 2020.Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty ImagesPeru’s new interim president took office on Nov. 17 under unenviable circumstances.
Francisco Sagasti became the South American country’s third president in a week after President Martin Vizcarra was impeached for “moral...
Rapid tests for COVID-19 are easy to administer and give fast results. AP Photo/Julio Cortez, FileSince September, the Food and Drug Administration has approved seven COVID-19 tests that yield results in 30 minutes or less, offering hope for vast improvements in test access and efficiency throughout the U.S. Most of these are antigen tests that...
Statue of the Berbice slave revolt leader Kofi in Georgetown, Guyana.David Stanley - Flickr/WikiMedia, CC BY-SAThe consequences of 400 years of the Atlantic slave trade are still felt today. Untangling the power structures and systemic racism that came with slavery is ongoing, with police brutality, memorials to slave owners and reparations forming...
Read more: Reckoning with slavery: What a revolt's archives tell us about who owns the past
Former President George W. Bush, left, with James A. Baker III at the 2018 funeral of George H.W. Bush.AP PoolWith Rudy Giuliani flailing through a series of failed election challenges for the Trump campaign, a superb new political biography provides fresh evidence of just how stark the contrast is between the head of Trump’s legal team and...
The pandemic has laid bare just how few economic rights college athletes possess.AP Photo/Keith SrakocicDespite the coronavirus pandemic, college sports have mostly chugged along – albeit with cancellations, postponements and pauses in play.
While many college athletes are grateful for the opportunity to compete, the pandemic has laid bare...
Australia's dingo fences, built to protect livestock from wild dogs, stretch for thousands of kilometers.Marian Deschain/Wikimedia, CC BY-SAWhat is the most common form of human infrastructure in the world? It may well be the fence. Recent estimates suggest that the total length of all fencing around the globe is 10 times greater than the total...
Read more: Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured
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