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The Biden administration said Friday that is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers.

Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek. Nearly one-third (30%) of large US companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.

Each spring, many aspiring students and their families begin receiving college acceptance letters and offers of financial aid packages. This year’s college decisions will add yet another consideration: the effects of a 2023 Supreme Court, 6-3 ruling that ended the use of affirmative action. No longer can race be considered as one of many other factors to reach college admissions decisions.

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison.

Just because one Black person at a fast food restaurant says nice things about Donald Trump, that doesn’t mean that the rest of Black people support him.

Howard University students discussed their roles in upholding democracy during a panel event moderated by Stacey Abrams, political leader and the Ronald W. Walters inaugural chair for race in Black politics.

Procter & Gamble is recalling more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergent packets sold in the U.S. and Canada due to a defect in the products' child-resistant packaging.

The work-from-anywhere approach Americans have been benefiting from since 2020 has dropped off in the last few years, as major employers push returning to the office. Still, nearly a quarter of workers signed on remotely for at least a few days in February 2024, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

What kinds of startups are trending? When inflation surged toward the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks responded by raising interest rates, which caused companies to slash their investments.

What’s behind Gavin Newsom’s u-turn on worker heat protections? Hint: It would cost billions of dollars to bring California’s prisons into compliance.