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Has the free medical school experiment failed?

NYU's experience rebuts the idea that tuition-free programs open doors to low-income students, per reporting by Rose Horowitch at The Atlantic.
At NYU, the percentages of Black students and financially disadvantaged students decreased, according to The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch.
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Where did all the manufacturing workers go?

Dec 16, 2024
Millions of workers lost their jobs in manufacturing. Many never returned to the labor force.
"I think the bigger adjustment that's happened is for the workers that are entering the labor force, if they see all these changes that we're talking about, they can start college with a different mentality," says Matt Notowidigdo of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Would you trust a driverless robotaxi? Waymo hopes so.

Dec 11, 2024
"It's pretty uniform and impressive how much people just love it," said John Gravios, Senior Editor at Wired, about Waymo, the new self-driving robotaxi.
In November, Waymo opened rides to the public in Los Angeles, California.
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Amid rising property taxes, this homeowner turned to Airbnb

Dec 10, 2024
Charlotte Kreutz listed a private room in her home on Airbnb. Almost immediately, she started getting bookings.
"Without the Airbnb covering our property taxes, we would probably have to move," said  Charlotte Kreutz, a homeowner in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Courtesy Kreutz

Home away from home: The history of college dormitories

Nov 29, 2024
"You could teach the entire history of American architectural style just using dormitories," says Carla Yanni of Rutgers University.
Students at the University of Michigan use a large rolling bin to move out of their dorm.
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Print magazines are having a moment, but who's buying them?

Nov 25, 2024
Publishers may have been too quick to end their print editions, says Amanda Mull at Bloomberg. "There's demand for it among readers; there's demand among advertisers."
"Companies didn't stop printing print magazines because consumers hated them," said Amanda Mull at Bloomberg Businessweek. "They stopped printing them because the economics of printing physical editions of a magazine became sort of untenable."
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Alabama toy shop owners prepare for the holiday rush

Nov 22, 2024
Sisters Stevi Bell and Amanda Calhoun of Fantasy Island Toys, talk about their plans for the busiest shopping season of the year.
"It's the best job that I've ever had, and I do say that, like, multiple times a day," says Stevi Bell, left, about co-owning a toy store with her sister Amanda Calhoun.
Courtesy Stevi Bell

Violin maker crafts a strategy to deal with tariffs

Nov 20, 2024
With import charges looming, Wesley Rule, owner of Knoxville Fine Violins, is considering alternatives to Chinese-made instruments.
Wesley Rule is a luthier, or stringed-instrument craftsman.
Courtesy Wesley Rule

After Hurricane Helene washed away her tea business, she's calmly working to rebuild

Nov 13, 2024
"It is going to take funding, and it is going to take a lot of support," says Jessie Dean, owner of Asheville Tea Co. in North Carolina.
Jessie Dean (second from right), owner of Asheville Tea Co., works with chrysanthemums harvested after the storm.
Courtesy Jessie Dean

Energy barge businessman expects fewer mandates, fewer headwinds under new administration

Nov 7, 2024
Austin Golding says the oil and gas industry should meet climate goals via competition and evolution rather than constraints on production and transport.
"We're looking for a world that is competitive and not mandated," says Austin Golding at Golding Barge Line in Mississippi.
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