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☆ Opinion | Conservative Thinkers Didn’t Create Trumpism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There is a story that professional ideamongers like to tell about political history that gives pride of place to their own work. It’s a story that usually begins with some small tribe of writers or intellectuals who come up with a set of theories that describe the world in a new way. This fall, I’ve been co-teaching a course at Yale University, the Crisis of Liberalism, which looks for the roots of today’s disturbances in long-running debates about the liberal order. And one of my thoughts is that both of them break, in different ways, with the familiar narrative about intellectuals and democracy I’ve just sketched. With wokeness, you have a movement in which the intelligentsia really matters but democratic politics much less so.

Persons: Reagan, Clinton’s, George W, Myron Magnet, Marvin Olasky, Barack Obama’s, I’ve, we’ve, progressivism, Obama Organizations: New, The Washington Monthly, The New, Yale University, American Locations: The New Republic

☆ Student-loan borrowers struggling with repayment need more help than what the Education Department has offered — and they might not get it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Education Department is strengthening oversight by withholding pay from one servicer, MOHELA. AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's Education Department made one thing very clear this past week: Student-loan companies cannot get away with bad behavior. It's unclear at this point how withholding pay from a servicer would impact its operations, and whether the impact would trickle down to borrowers. AdvertisementAdvertisementWith Republicans holding a majority in the House, it's unlikely Federal Student Aid will see boosted funding in the upcoming year. Buchanan noted that he's still determining how exactly withholding pay would impact operations and added that he's "not making any excuses for the mistakes here."

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, MOHELA, Scott Buchanan, Jared Bass, Bass, servicers, Buchanan, he's, It's, it'll Organizations: Education Department, Service, Joe Biden's Education Department, Department, Federal Student Aid, Student Loan, —, Education, Center, American Progress, Federal, Aid

☆ Opinion | The Israel-Hamas War Will Reshape Western Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

In that fairly distant past, the politics of Israel-Palestine broke down into alignments that were familiar and decades-old. On the pro-Israel side in the U.S. were three broad factions: Zionist Democrats, centrist and liberal; neoconservative hawks; and evangelical Christians. But 2023 may be remembered as the moment when Arab and Muslim discontent began to really matter inside Western countries as well. And the tacit alliance between this diaspora and a secular, feminist, gay-affirming Western progressivism — “Islamo-gauchisme” in the French phrase — raises big questions for both progressives and conservative Muslims about who is using whom, and how the Western left and Western Islam might ultimately co-evolve. This isn’t the George W. Bush-era version, with its world-bestriding confidence in American power and its hawkish grand strategy.

Persons: It’s, —, Pat Buchananite populists, Islamicization, Aris Roussinos, Emmanuel Macron’s, it’s, George W, Bush Organizations: Israel, Zionist Democrats, Democratic, Channel, Hamas, Likud Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestine, U.S, Western Islam, Europe, British, Britain, progressivism

☆ Joe Biden: Democrats dismiss worries about president’s reelection bid as Dean Phillips launches primary challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is just as low in the White House’s internal polls as in any of the public ones. But while Biden advisers are dismissive of Rep. Dean Phillips’ primary challenge launched this week, they are also annoyed about it. Still, they remain confident that Biden is Democrats’ best option in 2024. Boyle told CNN this week that between the war in Israel and Gaza and the chaos of House Republicans electing their new speaker, he had not had “one conversation with anyone” about Phillips. Asked if he was worried about Phillips being a factor even back home in their state’s primary, Walz laughed.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mike Donilon —, —, Donilon, Biden, Dean Phillips, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Phillips, Walz, “, ‘, ’, Ron, Brendan Boyle, ”, ” Boyle, daydreaming, Harris, Emanuel Cleaver, ” “ Joe Biden, ” Ben Wikler, ’ Phillips, Gretchen Whitmer, Louis, “ We’ve, ” Biden, Trump –, Trump, ” Harris, St . Louis, Boyle, Democratic Sen, Dianne Feinstein’s, Gavin Newsom, California politicos, Nancy Pelosi, Jamie Raskin, Raskin, Biden’s Organizations: CNN, ’, GOP, Democratic, Center, American, Florida Gov, president’s, MAGA Republicans, Democrat, Granite, Democrats ’, Biden, Democratic National Committee, Trump, “, New Hampshire Democrats, Republicans, Los Angeles Times, California Gov, Senate, Maryland, House Democratic Locations: Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St, Louis, Wisconsin, Concord , New Hampshire, Michigan, Israel, St ., Gaza, Minnesota, California

☆ In Israel and Gaza, Searching for Humanity - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The conceptual frames that many people use to organize their understanding of the world are crashing and burning upon contact with Middle Eastern reality. The first paradigm that failed this month was critical race theory or woke-ism. A group of highly educated American progressives cheered on Hamas as anti-colonialist freedom fighters even though Hamas is a theocratic, genocidal terrorist force that oppresses L.G.B.T.Q. American universities exist to give students the conceptual tools to understand the world. It appears that at many universities students are instead being fed simplistic ideological categories that blind them to reality.

Persons: Mounk, It’s, Israel, —, Boko Haram Locations: American, Nigeria

☆ University early decision applications mostly benefit rich kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For them, applying early decision is a risk. According to the latest data from the University of Pennsylvania, the acceptance rate for students applying early decision was 16% for the 2022-23 academic year. “Typically, we admit about half of the incoming class through the early decision admissions plan,” said a University of Pennsylvania spokesperson. That same Duke survey found that nearly half of early decision applicants identified as White. He said he considered applying early decision to Cornell University, but ultimately decided against it.

Persons: ”, “ It’s, Marcella Bombardieri, it’s, Rachel Rubin, “, Duke, Rubin, Sai Mandhan, Mandhan, It’s, he’s, ‘, Cornell … Organizations: CNN, Harvard, Ivy League, University of Pennsylvania, Center for American Progress, Duke University, Students, Georgetown University’s, Court, Yale, Notre Dame, Stanford, Yale University, Cornell University, Cornell, University of Maryland Locations: Maryland

☆ Opinion | Beyond ‘Deaths of Despair’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Those million extra deaths exceed even the nearly 700,000 who die each year from cardiovascular disease, the country’s biggest killer. In 2021, the researchers found, extra mortality accounted for nearly one in every three American deaths. “The United States is failing at a fundamental mission — keeping people alive,” The Washington Post recently concluded, in a remarkable series on the country’s mortality crisis. But by almost every other measure the United States is lagging its peers, often catastrophically. It’s not quite right to call all this simply “despair,” even if social anomie plays a role.

Persons: Matthews, “, Jimmy Carter, ”, Covid, It’s, Deaton, America ” Organizations: Washington Post, European Union, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development Locations: Bor, United States, Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas, States, Netherlands, Sweden, America

Violent crime dropped 1.7%, and that included a 6.1% decrease in murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“By and large what we’re seeing is simply a return to something approaching normal after the big changes associated with the pandemic,” Rosenfeld said. Last year's FBI report arrived with major caveats since nearly two-fifths of all policing agencies failed to participate, including big cities like New York, Los Angeles and Miami. The overhaul will eventually make crime data more modern and detailed, federal officials said, but the switchover can be complicated for police departments. Violent crime overall remains far lower than the historic highs of the 1990s.

Persons: Richard Rosenfeld, Louis, ” Rosenfeld, Rachael Eisenberg, Rosenfeld Organizations: LOUIS, FBI, U.S, University of Missouri, Washington, D.C, American, Criminal Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Miami

☆ Free daycare for teachers' kids could help fix the crisis for all parents
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The US is in a childcare crisis due to cost and lack of available teachers. The state now gives free tuition to the children of childcare teachers. However, one potential solution appears to be working, but only if governments are willing to step in and help. AdvertisementAdvertisementNPR found one example of a center offering free tuition to employees without state assistance in West Virginia. Many childcare centers may be forced to close.

Persons: —, Kentucky Daniel Light, Sinead, ZipRecruiter, Luis Alvarez, Clive R Organizations: Service, Census Bureau, Center for American Progress, Bluegrass State, NPR, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic, Institute, Walmart, View, National Association for, Education of Young Locations: Kentucky, West Virginia, NPR , Kentucky

☆ As the U.S. birth rate falls, immigration reform may be 'the answer hiding in plain sight,' analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But immigration policy reform could be one solution, some experts say. In 2022, foreign-born U.S. residents — including legally admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents and undocumented immigrants — represented about 18% of U.S. workers, up from 17.4% in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would offer eligible workers better education and employment opportunities while boosting federal tax revenue, Vimo said. Reform could offer 'huge benefits' to tax baseDepending on the scope of changes, immigration policy reform could provide "huge benefits" to the U.S. tax base and economy, said Silva Mathema, director for immigration policy at the Center for American Progress. In a 2021 report, the organization modeled the economic impact of four scenarios involving a pathway to legalization and citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Persons: Nicholas Kamm, Lea, Jackie Vimo, —, Vimo, Silva Mathema, Steven Camarota Organizations: AFP, Getty, Social Security, Centers for Disease Control, National Immigration Law Center, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Center for American, American Immigration, Immigrants, National Immigration Law, Center for Immigration Studies Locations: U.S

Some childcare operators told Insider the end of pandemic-era funding could make the problem worse. To keep the doors open at her Southampton Township, New Jersey, childcare center, she needs to find new clients or new funding. Jackson is just one of many providers across the US entering a period of uncertainty after a pandemic-era infusion of federal childcare funding ran out at the end of last month. That funding expired on Saturday, along with $13.5 billion in childcare funding from other pandemic-era legislation. She added: "What we're likely to see is childcare providers doing everything they can to continue to operate.

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☆ A government shutdown would be a 'gut punch' to Head Start programs that serve 10,000 low income children
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Head Start programs, which serve over 10,000 children across the nation, would lose funding. If the shutdown isn't averted, Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 children would immediately lose federal funding, including Ferguson's program. This is a particular concern with nearly 20% of Head Start staff positions vacant nationwide, according to the National Head Start Association. The 16-day October 2013 shutdown was the last to hit Head Start hard, affecting 19,000 children and shuttering programs in several states. Laketia Washington, a mother of eight whose 3- and 5-year-olds attend Head Start programs in Tallahassee, Florida, lamented the turmoil as she rang up customers at a discount store.

Persons: —, Monette Ferguson, Ferguson, Tommy Sheridan, Sheridan, Bobby Kogan, Lori Milam, she's, Philip Shelly, Nikki Budzinski, Maureen Coffey, Lynn Karoly, John, Laura Arnold, what's Organizations: Service, Alliance for Community Empowerment, Start Association, Sunday, Center for American Progress, West Virginia, Democratic U.S ., Start, Center for American, Rand Corp, Tim Center, Capital Area Community Action Agency Locations: Connecticut, Florida , Alabama , Connecticut, Georgia , Massachusetts, South Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota , New York, Maine, Houston, Florida, Laketia Washington, Tallahassee , Florida

If the shutdown isn’t averted, Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 children would immediately lose federal funding, including Ferguson's program. That's what worries Lori Milam, executive director of the West Virginia Head Start. This is a particular concern with nearly 20% of Head Start staff positions vacant nationwide, according to the National Head Start Association. Another pot of COVID-19 relief funds that helped Head Start ran out in the spring. Laketia Washington, a mother of eight whose 3- and 5-year-olds attend Head Start programs in Tallahassee, Florida, lamented the turmoil as she rang up customers at a discount store.

Persons: Monette Ferguson, “, ”, Ferguson, Tommy Sheridan, Sheridan, Bobby Kogan, Lori Milam, she's, Philip Shelly, Nikki Budzinski, Maureen Coffey, “ It’s, Lynn Karoly, John, Laura Arnold, what’s Organizations: KANSAS CITY, Alliance for Community Empowerment, Start Association, Sunday, Center for American Progress, West Virginia, Democratic U.S ., Start, Rand Corp, Tim Center, Capital Area Community Action Agency Locations: KANSAS, Mo, Connecticut, Florida , Alabama , Connecticut, Georgia , Massachusetts, South Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota , New York, Maine, Houston, Florida, Laketia Washington, Tallahassee , Florida

☆ Kevin McCarthy's House is the least productive in modern history — and it's not just because of divided government
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The current GOP-run House is the least productive in modern history, according to a new analysis. It's not just due to divided government — McCarthy's House falls short of other similar periods. AdvertisementAdvertisementKevin McCarthy is leading the least productive House in modern history, according to an analysis of legislative data shared exclusively with Insider. According to the analysis, the average number of bills to pass the House during periods of divided government by September 19 is 299. "The extremists in the house run the show," said Nayak.

Persons: It's, —, Kevin McCarthy, MAGA, Navin Nayak, Joe Biden, McCarthy, that's, Barack Obama's, Spokespeople, Nancy Pelosi Organizations: GOP, Service, MAGA Republicans, Center for American Progress, CAP, Capitol, McCarthy's, Democratic Party, 118th, Infrastructure Law

☆ Actor Viola Davis to join US African diaspora council
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] FiILE PHOTO: Viola Davis attends the world premiere of "AIR" at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Lauren Justice/ File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the first members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement, including actor Viola Davis, who will advise Washington on deepening ties with African communities. Washington has sought to stress the region's importance and counter challenges posed by China and Russia to the United States' interests in the increasingly important region. In addition to Viola Davis, members include: Patrick Gaspard, the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress think tank; C.D. Glin, president of the PepsiCo Foundation and global head of social impact for PepsiCo; and Almaz Negash, founder of the African Diaspora Network, among others.

Persons: Viola Davis, Lauren Justice, Joe Biden, Judd Devermont, Silvester Beaman, Patrick Gaspard, Glin, Davis, Tony, Wagner, Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis, Don Durfee, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Regency Village Theatre, REUTERS, Rights, Tuesday, Africa, Summit, National Security, African Affairs, African Methodist Episcopal, Center for American Progress, PepsiCo Foundation, PepsiCo, African Diaspora Network, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, President’s, Washington, China, Russia, United States, States, Africa, Ukraine

☆ It's about to become much harder for young people to buy a home as student-loan repayments resume
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Student-loan repayments will restart on October 1 following a three and a half year hiatus. After more than three and a half years of moratoriums on student loans, repayments are set to resume on October 1. The average student loan borrower has more than $37,000 in federal student-loan debt, according to Bankrate. Manny Garcia, a senior population scientist at Zillow, told Insider that student-loan repayments will likely jeopardize buyers' ability to afford home purchases this year. "Before the pandemic, borrowers were already choosing between meeting their own basic needs and making their student-loan payments.

Persons: —, it's, Manny Garcia, Garcia, Pulsenomics, Zillow, Will Lemke, Stephanie Hall Organizations: Service, Center for American Progress, Wall Street Journal, Inside Mortgage Finance

☆ The government could shut down in a week. Here's what's at stake for Americans.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Come September 30, some Americans may not see a paycheck or be able to visit parks. For everyday Americans, that could mean losing out on paychecks or childcare spots, and it could even worsen flight delays. The Social Security Administration, for instance, anticipates about 8,500 employees would be furloughed in a shutdown. Travel plans might be further disrupted as Transportation Security Administration workers and air-traffic controllers go without pay, the White House said. The White House has repeatedly said Republicans are bringing Americans this close to another government shutdown.

Persons: GOPers, Kevin McCarthy, holdouts, McCarthy, I've, Here's, wouldn't, Deb Haaland, Biden, Mike Simpson, Politico, we've, haven't Organizations: Service, Caucus, Main Street Caucus, Punchbowl News, Social Security, Management, Social Security Administration, Social, Department of Health, Human Services, Medicare, Center, American Progress, Environmental, Agency, Drug, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, US Department of Agriculture, NASA, Republican, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Budget, East, Republicans Locations: Wall, Silicon, East Coast, Idaho

☆ Arizona heat almost killed Lois Nigrin. Her coma, burns, and medical bills show the dangers of heat that many Americans face today.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't think I had a true understanding of what heatstroke was," Lois Nigrin told Insider. Lois Nigrin was feeling tired and didn't want to climb the rocks, so they turned around. Lois Nigrin has no memory of that interaction, even when she looks at the photo. At one point, Lois Nigrin said, they asked her to draw a clock showing the time 3 o'clock. "Probably the best thing that I ever felt was that airplane landing and being back home," Joe Nigrin said.

Persons: Lois Nigrin, Joe, heatstroke, She's, Lois, Yoon, Joe Nigrin, Kevin Foster, Lois Nigrin's, Lois Lois Nigrin didn't, she'd, It's, couldn't, Lois Lois Nigrin's, she's Organizations: Arizona Burn, Arizona Burn Center, NASA, Center for American Progress Locations: Arizona, Nebraska, Phoenix, New Mexico

Decade to decade, costly extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and intensity as greenhouse gases build up in our atmosphere. The true cost of extreme heatLois Nigrin grew up on a farm and loved getting outdoors. Her ordeal points to the rising cost of extreme heat, the leading weather-related killer in the US. The true cost of floodingBarb Grant has built her life's work around helping others. The true cost of inactionThere is more to this story than a set of ruinous tragedies.

Persons: Lois Nigrin, —, Yoon, Nigrin, Read, Dale Murden, who's, He's, he's, Murden, Jason Garza, Barb Grant, Grant, Miriam Alarcón Avila, She's Organizations: Center for American, Atlantic Council, The Texas Tribune, Administration, Texas, Citrus Committee, M, Pew Charitable Locations: heatstroke, Texas, Arizona, Nebraska, Harlingen , Texas, Mexico, Southeast Texas, Iowa

But as the ramifications of Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s freeze have grown, more of them are speaking out. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesBut now even the Pentagon’s soon-to-be highest military leader is speaking out. It's not the first time general officer promotions have been frozen by a single senator. Six months into Tuberville's hold, 315 military officers are now affected, and the impact cuts deeper in some services. In the small and still growing U.S. Space Force, at least eight general officers’ nominations are on hold — but that’s one third of all of its 25 senior officers.

Persons: Alabama Republican Sen, Tommy Tuberville’s, they’ve, “ We’re, Mark Kelly, Kelly, he’s, Christopher Grady, Mark Milley, C.Q . Brown, can’t, Brown, ” Grady, Grady, there’s, Donald Trump’s, Biden, ”, Mark Harkins, ” Tuberville, Lloyd Austin, Tuberville, Larry Korb, It's, Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Trump, Alexander Vindman, Duckworth, Vindman, Chance Saltzman, we’re, Charles Flynn, Flynn, Kori Schake, “ It’s, ” Schake, Lisa Franchetti, Franchetti, —, hadn’t, ” Kelly, ” ___ Lita C, Baldor Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Alabama Republican, ” Air Force, Air Combat Command, Uniformed, Chiefs, Air Force, Joint Chiefs, Air and Space Forces Association, Government Affairs Institute, Georgetown University, Biden, Pentagon, Defense Department, Center for American Progress, Democratic, . Space Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Army, American Enterprise Institute, Senate Armed Services Committee, Embassy Locations: Alabama, Maryland, ”, Dobbs, Washington

☆ The overall trend does show us that inflation remains moderate, says American Progress' Emily Gee
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe overall trend does show us that inflation remains moderate, says American Progress' Emily GeeMichael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Emily Gee, senior vice president for Inclusive Growth at American Progress, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest CPI data, how the current batch of summer strikes will impact CPI, and more.

Persons: Emily Gee Michael Strain, Emily Gee Organizations: American Enterprise Institute, Inclusive, Progress

☆ 13% of Americans have a disability—what this means during the job application process
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Isabel Engel | In Isabel--Engel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But this percentage is likely an undercount, Mia Ives-Rublee, disability justice initiative director at the Center for American Progress, tells CNBC Make It. Employers aren't allowed to ask you about your disability status in a job interview, so why are they allowed to include a voluntary question on a job application? "Legally, it cannot be flagged on your application," Ives-Rublee says. The choice to self-identify on a job application, or once you are hired into a company, is a deeply personal one, Ives-Rublee acknowledges. It is, of course, up to you to decide if or when you are comfortable disclosing your disability status — even if you know the self-identification will be kept confidential during the job application process.

Persons: Mia Ives, it's, Ives, Rublee, Employers aren't Organizations: Pew Research, Center for American, CNBC, Ives, Employers, Rehabilitation, U.S . Department of Labor, U.S . Department, Labor's Locations: United States

☆ Biden nominates former Treasury Secretary Lew as ambassador to Israel -statement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

United States Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew speaks at the Centre for American Progress in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as his nominee for ambassador to Israel, the White House said in a statement. In addition to Treasury secretary, Lew served under former President Barack Obama as White House chief of staff and deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Lew was director of the Office of Management and Budget, a position in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet, from 1998 to 2001. In both the Democratic Clinton and Obama administrations, Lew served on the National Security Council.

Persons: Jack Lew, Gary Cameron, Joe Biden, Lew, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Tom Nides, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton's, Democratic Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Paul Grant, Doina Organizations: Centre for American Progress, REUTERS, Rights, Tuesday, U.S . Senate, White, Management, Democratic, National Security Council, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Israel

☆ Lucrative college degrees that can lead to salaries of more than $100,000 are largely held by men, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The most lucrative college degrees are still largely held by men, a Bankrate study has found. It found that 78% of those who held the 20-highest paying bachelor's degrees were men, while only 22% were women. In electrical engineering, 85% of degree holders were men and 15% were women, with the average salary totaling $110,000. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeanwhile, bachelor's degrees where women made up the majority of degree holders were some of the lowest-paying fields. Although more women have college degrees than men and account for just over half of America's college-educated workforce, 2022 Pew Research Center Data found, they're still lagging behind men when it comes to earnings.

Persons: Rose Khattar Organizations: College, Service, Survey, New York Federal Reserve, Pew Research Center, Center for American Locations: Wall, Silicon, caregiving

☆ Why student-loan borrowers could face a 'perfect storm' of obstacles once payments resume next month
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Experts told Insider lack of broad debt relief and high inflation could contribute to the challenges. After more than three years, President Joe Biden officially ended the pandemic pause on federal student-loan payments, with waived interest, on Friday. "Before the pandemic, borrowers were already choosing between meeting their own basic needs and making their student-loan payments. "The more resource-strapped a servicer is and the more resource-strapped FSA is, the heightened concerns we have for that treatment of borrowers and just for the accuracy on the part of servicers giving information to borrowers," Hall said. In the meantime, the department recommends borrowers make their payments and wait for Biden's new plan for broad debt relief.

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