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Insider Intelligence, September 27, 2022, Green Banking Groups Need Clarity On How Best To Deal With Climate Change What we’ve been noticing: Groups of banks set up to combat climate change …
Vox, September 27, 2022, The Child Care Crisis Just Keeps Getting Worse On the Senate floor in early August, just two days before lawmakers voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, …
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The New York Times, September 24, 2022, E.P.A. Will Make Racial Equality A Bigger Factor In Environmental Rules The Environmental Protection Agency will establish a new national office of environmental …
The New York Times, September 25, 2022, Whatever Happened To The Starter Home? The nation has a deepening shortage of housing. But, more specifically, there isn’t enough of this housing: small, …
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The New York Times, September 20, 2022, Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away The Company A half century after founding the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric …
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The Guardian, September 20, 2022, World Bank Warns Higher Interest Rates Could Trigger Global Recession The world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks simultaneously raise interest …
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The New York Times, September 20, 2022, ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy World War II and the Cold War presented threats from global totalitarian movements. The …
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NPR, September 20, 2022, High Rents Outpace Federal Disability Payments, Leaving Many Homeless After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless shelter in Charlotte, N.C., …
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The New York Times, September 20, 2022, Railroad Unions And Companies Reach A Tentative Deal To Avoid A Strike Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers …
GoErie, September 9, 2022, Let’s Get Real About Who Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Helps And Why It Matters Women hold two-thirds of the nation’s student loan debt, and Black women …
The Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2022, Affordable Care Act Health-Plan Premiums Set To Rise Premiums for many Affordable Care Act health-insurance plans are set to rise sharply next year, …
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American Banker, September 7, 2022, Home Equity Loans Back In Vogue As Cash-Out Refis Fade Higher interest rates are crushing mortgage refinancing volumes, but homeowners are increasingly turning to second …
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The New York Times, September 7, 2022, Clean Energy Projects Surge After Climate Bill Passage In the weeks since President Biden signed a comprehensive climate bill devised to spur investment in electric …
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NPR, September 7, 2022, Racial Disparities In D.C.’s Opioid Arrests New arrest data shows that Black D.C. residents are arrested almost seven times as often as white residents for opioid-related …
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CNN, September 2, 2022, Jackson, Mississippi, residents Told To Shower With Mouths Closed As Water Treatment Plant Repairs Continue On Day 4 Of Water Shortage As Mississippi’s capital city entered …
