You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief. It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back. The White House tweeted out the forgiven...
In 1989, they built it and audiences came in droves. "Field of Dreams" is celebrating its 35th anniversary this month. The iconic, Academy Award-nominated movie was brought back into the spotlight during this year's Oscars in March, when comedian John Mulaney, who was presenting the award for best sound, joked about the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta and James Earl Jones, giving an overly long explanation of the movie’s plot. "What about that moment in ‘Field of Dreams’ where we...
Chief economist says common framework has failed to provide any new money to world’s poorest countries since it was set up in 2020The mechanism for providing debt relief to the world’s poorest countries is failing to produce results and requires a major rethink, a senior official at the World Bank has said.Indermit Gill, the bank’s chief economist, said that after four years the G20’s common framework – designed to speed up and simplify debt restructuring – had not provided a single dollar of...
While Finland is expected to emerge from a recession later this year, according to the ministry's forecast, positive GDP growth will only occur next year.
The GOP holds a two-thirds supermajority in the Legislature. That means previously introduced legislation hostile to transgender people now has a clear path forward, as do new proposals.
To the editor: Columnist Michael Hiltzik asks a question on student loan debt relief that is fundamental to the direction of this country and should dominate economic policy in the 2024 election. ("Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes," column, April 16) For far too long, Republicans have maligned any form of student debt relief under the guise that it cost the taxpayers in order to fund "worthless gender studies degrees." They...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela
Biden's New Student Debt Relief Will Add Up To $750 Billion To The Budget Deficit By The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget The Biden Administration recently announced a new plan to cancel student debt for up to 30 million borrowers and released a preliminary rule this morning detailing parts of this plan. The proposal, which is being introduced through the rule making process, would replace the Administration’s initial proposal to cancel between $10,000 and $20,000 per...
The outcome is widely expected to accelerate the Indian Ocean archipelago's shift toward China and away from its traditional ally of India.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela became the country's first Black []
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that