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San Antonio Poverty Rate Remains High Despite Rapid Growth, Census Data Shows

By: Edgar Sandoval and Tierney L. Cross —
The city’s rapid expansion brought new jobs and investment, but decades of low wages and limited access to education and housing have kept many residents from reaching the middle class.

Olivia Cruz takes an hourlong bus ride in the morning to clean clients’ homes in the Olmos Park neighborhood.

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Trump and New York Are in a Tug of War Over Medicaid Coverage

By: Joseph Goldstein —
With tough new regulations looming in the president’s domestic policy bill, officials are coming up with plans to keep New Yorkers insured.

For Dr. Alister Martin, New York City’s new health commissioner, keeping New Yorkers insured could prove to be the main challenge of his tenure.

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Starbucks Workers Begin a Strike in 3 Cities on Friday

By: Noam Scheiber —
The walkout in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle comes after talks between the company and the workers’ union failed to produce an agreement on raises.

The strike is expected to begin in about 15 Starbucks stores and could spread to hundreds by Christmas Eve.

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5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

By: Megha Rajagopalan —
Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

Loading sugar cane to transport it to mills in the Satara district of India’s Maharashtra State in March last year. Laborers often work in couples, paid through contractors.

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Which Colleges Offer Free Tuition?

By: Amanda Holpuch —
Dozens of schools say they provide free tuition to students whose families earn under a certain income. How does it work?

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is eliminating tuition starting next fall for all undergraduate students from families earning less than $200,000 per year.

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About 10,000 Hotel Workers Walk Off the Job on Labor Day Weekend

By: Sydney Ember —
The union representing the workers, UNITE HERE, has planned a rolling strike for several days in cities like Boston, San Francisco and Seattle after contract negotiations stalled.

Employees of the Hilton Boston Logan Airport were among the roughly 10,000 hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE who went on strike Sunday.

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U.S. Added 216,000 Jobs in December, Outpacing Forecasts

By: Talmon Joseph Smith —
Hiring has throttled back from 2021 and 2022, but last year’s growth was still impressive by longer-term standards.

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Will Voters Send In the Clowns?

By: Paul Krugman —
Why would they think that a party that can’t manage itself can manage the economy?

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