sociology

Harvard to students: Go on food stamps
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ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI RealClearPolitics 
Aug 22, 2023
Even $53 billion isn’t enough for Harvard University to pay for its students’ food. The university with the world’s largest endowment is encouraging i...
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Hammer out differences over migration
Commentary, New York
Aug 21, 2023
Thousands of migrants are crowded in New York City facilities and stressing Upstate communities with an unexpected influx of families to care for and ...
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Canada recruiting immigrants from Silicon Valley
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Aug 21, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Canada has launched an ambitious program to recruit highly skilled immigrants from all over the world — including from the United S...
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Wealthy Americans anxious about economy, too
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ALLISON SCHRAGER 
Aug 20, 2023
It’s curious: Even as America’s economic trends are improving, Americans’ economic anxieties are worsening — including those of many who have no appar...
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Judge: NY marijuana licensing ‘failed to follow’ law
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BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union, Albany 
Aug 19, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s beleaguered rollout of a recreational marijuana marketplace was dealt a significant blow Friday when a state Supreme Court j...
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Migrants, Medicaid and more: NY’s widening budget gap
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KEN GIRARDIN Empire Center 
Aug 18, 2023
ALBANY — The multi-billion-dollar gap Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature must confront in next year’s state budget appears to be growing larger. Th...
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Olean High grad rate at 76% for Class of 2023
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KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Aug 16, 2023
OLEAN — The Olean High School Class of 2023 crossed the commencement stage with a 76% graduation rate from where the class started four years ago, Pri...
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