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Clemson to strip name of John C Calhoun from honors college
College will also drop tribute to ‘Pitchfork’ Ben Tillman South Carolina trustees cite protests over killing of George Floyd John C Calhoun by Mathew Brady, 1849. Some scholars think the senator and vice-president was Melville’s model for Captain Ahab. Photograph: Sotheby’s Clemson University trustees voted on Friday to rename its honors college, stripping the name […] More
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Americans with lower incomes more worried about coronavirus, study finds
People who made less than $50,000 per year were 10 percentage points more concerned about threat posed by infectious disease In the US there is no requirement for employers to provide paid sick leave and health insurance is not guaranteed to every citizen. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP Americans with lower incomes and less education were more […] More
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Students across the US are being asked to work remotely. But 22% of homes don’t have internet | Dana Floberg
When schools move online, poorer students fall behind. This digital divide existed long before Covid-19, but now it is thrown into sharp relief It started with a text from an old friend: “I regret to inform you that Bothell High is literally closed for coronavirus today.” My high school alma mater was one of the […] More
