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If you have student loan debt or follow the politics of it, you're probably familiar with this deadline: On July 1, if Congress does nothing, the interest rates on subsidized federal Stafford loans will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. We absolutely don't want this to happen, since it would mean thousands of extra dollars of debt for many already low-income borrowers. Numerous proposals to address the looming rate doubling are being debated in Congress, and both sides of the aisle have already seen one bill each get voted down.
Six months after 20 children and six adults were killed in their classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the grief-stricken residents of Newtown, Conn., gathered to remember the tragedy.A moment of silence lasting 26 secnds was held on Friday morning, and included the reading of the names of the victims by relatives. Starting at 4:30 p.m. local time, teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School ...
This week, we posted the sixth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people. Saru Jayaraman, co-founder and co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United, posed this question:How can we create a culture shift and raise the consciousness of America's public about the need to improve wages and working conditions?Check out some of the great comments so far. Here are some highlights:
Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home. Lisa Blumenthal won the spots in the city's Back Bay neighborhood during an on-site auction Thursday held in a steady rain by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS had seized the spots from a man who owed back taxes. Blumenthal, who lives in a multimillion-dollar home ...
Every June 14, America's working families celebrate Flag Day. Check out the video in the post that tells the story of an American-made flag.
