‘I’ve had this black cloud looming over me’: How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future

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A small piggy bank is surrounded by a hurricane of student loan papers, unable to escape.
Despite the political fight over student-loan forgiveness, people with private student debt are stuck with predatory loan terms they can't escape.

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A high school football coach fired 8 years ago for praying on the field is coaching again after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor

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Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Wash., poses for a photo March 9, 2022, at the school's football field.
Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington, poses for a photo at the school's football field.

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Little Rock Nine members slam restrictions on AP African American Studies course in Arkansas

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Little Rock Nine
Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, the students who integrated Central High School in 1957, speak with the media at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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I'm an incoming Harvard freshman. I'm nervous I won't fit in with the rich kids on campus as a financial-aid student.

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Ezekiel Wells is an incoming Harvard freshman.

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I'm entering my last year of college. Here's what I wish I knew as an incoming freshman.

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College students moving in.

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I was told I'd never get into Yale because of Asian American prejudice, but I beat the odds and got in. Now I teach other students how to get into their dream schools.

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The author.

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Idaho's Teacher of the Year fled the state after conservative parents attacked her for being an LGBTQ+ ally

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An empty classroom.
An empty classroom.

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An Iowa school district asked ChatGPT if a list of books contains sex scenes, and banned them if it said yes. We put the system to the test and found a bunch of problems.

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An Iowa school district used ChatGPT to decide on a ban on 19 books. We tried the same prompt but the bot's answers were different and contradictory.

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Here's everything that Massachusetts' 4% tax on millionaires will pay for, from free student lunches to college financial aid

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey.

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The pandemic learning loss was worse for kids with special needs. Now, startups are helping students with autism, dyslexia, and ADHD get back on track.

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Suchi Deshpande, the founder of Learnfully.

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