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Federal grants for low-income students are cut in 'skinny budget'

Mar 16, 2017
The Trump administration, in its “skinny budget,” has proposed cutting $9 billion, or about 13 percent, of the education budget. That includes more than a billion dollars for after-school enrichment programs for kids in high-poverty schools.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

Gillette, Wyoming: Industry and politics in coal country

Mar 10, 2017
Under a new administration, this extraction-industry town feels revitalized.
Eagle Butte Mine is one of the many open-pit mines that characterize Wyoming and the western mining industry.
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Students in Gillette, Wyoming, discuss a hopeful future

Mar 10, 2017
They cover the night Trump won the election...to the importance of the extraction industry for Wyoming.
The main building on Gillette College's campus.
Gillette College

Affordable housing advocates lament reports of HUD budget axe

Mar 9, 2017
City and state agencies that provide vouchers and housing subsidies for low-income residents could be hit hard by proposed deep cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to the Washington Post. It reports documents it obtained show $6 billion in cuts to the agency in the Trump administration’s budget outline. About $1.3 […]

Trump's first jobs report: Are more jobs on the way?

Feb 3, 2017
The economy added more jobs in January, but unemployment ticked up slightly.
Job seekers fill out paperwork in Santa Clara, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Ed secretary nominee won’t commit to gainful employment rules

Jan 31, 2017
For-profit higher education could gain if DeVos is confirmed.

Box CEO Aaron Levie calls Trump's immigration ban 'dangerous'

Jan 30, 2017
Some Silicon Valley leaders are speaking out against Trump's executive order.
The co-founder and CEO of Box, Aaron Levie, speaks on stage during "The Fast Company Innovation Festival" in late 2015. 
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Insurance companies scramble for customers as last Obamacare sign-up period ends

Jan 30, 2017
This year’s deadline to sign up for Obamacare is tomorrow. It may be the last time to ever sign up for this kind of coverage. Late last week, the Trump administration decided to pull ads promoting last-minute sign-ups, although it reversed that decision shortly after. But it may hurt efforts by insurance companies to get […]

Tech community and lawyers join voices denouncing Trump's immigration ban

Jan 30, 2017
The executive order has also spurred international backlash.
Protesters hold hands in front of the Trump International Hotel on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
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'Indefinite' uses virtual reality to show detained immigrants' despair

Jan 27, 2017
The 360-degree film follows several asylum-seekers being held in Britain.
A still from Darren Emerson's film "Indefinite." 
Darren Emerson