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An Update on Biden’s Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

November 16, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC –A federal district judge in Texas struck down the plan for loan forgiveness last week, blocking the Biden administration’s student debt relief program.   This comes in addition to another block coming from the eighth U.S. circuit court … Read more

UNC March for Our Lives Rally

October 19, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Amie Boakye is a UNC freshman from Loiusville, Kentucky. She was at the Kentucky State Fair when a shot was fired, leading families to flee the fairgrounds in terror.  “I just remember moms and their children … Read more

How the Brazilian Election Affects Students at UNC

October 5, 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The first round of a highly consequential presidential election in Brazil took place over the weekend, causing some UNC students from Brazil to speak out on the affairs of their home country.  Daniela Lipka and Caroline … Read more

Activists Rallied for Affordable Housing in Carrboro

September 28, 2022

CARRBORO, NC – Affordable housing activists marched in a rally organized by The Community Empowerment Fund or CEF of Orange County on Sunday to call awareness to lacking housing options for people with low, fixed, or no income.  The demonstrators … Read more

Climate Migration: One Effect of Disasters Like Hurricane Fiona

September 21, 2022

Chapel Hill, N.C. – University students and faculty gathered in the Fedex Global Center last Monday to hear speaker María Christina García’s commentary on climate-driven migration following hurricane Fiona’s devastation in Puerto Rico.  The lecture covered several reasons why climate … Read more