Clare Lombardo
Stories
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It's National Coming Out Day: Press Play On These Life Kit Episodes
It's the 32nd year that LGBTQ Americans and their loved ones have marked National Coming Out Day. Life Kit is spending the day by listening back to these episodes.
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Education
Overwhelmed, Stressed, Scared: School Nurses Brace for the Fall Semester
As districts plan for a new school year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, nurses are tasked with keeping students and staff healthy. Many want a stronger voice in decisions.
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National
Lawmakers Call For Investigation After NPR Report On Troubled Student Loan Program
NPR found the vast majority of student loan borrowers with disabilities aren't getting the debt relief they're owed. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking for an investigation.
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Education
A Dreaded Part Of Teachers' Jobs: Restraining And Secluding Students
"It's a rare day where you don't get hurt." "I just never felt fully comfortable." Those are just a few of the things educators told NPR about their use of restraint and seclusion in classrooms.
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Education
Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of Harvard In Admissions Case
The advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions says it will appeal the decision, which means the fate of race-conscious admissions could once again end up in the hands of the Supreme Court.
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Sports
Simone Biles Earns 6th U.S. All-Around Gymnastics Title With Historic Triple-Double
The reigning world champion is the first woman to stick the landing after two flips and three full twists. Biles also made history by performing a double-double dismount off the balance beam Friday.
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Education
'I'm Drowning': Those Hit Hardest By Student Loan Debt Never Finished College
Some of the people struggling the most to pay back their debt are the millions of students who took out student loans but never finished a degree.
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Politics
Student Debt Forgiveness Sounds Good. What Might Happen If The Government Did It?
It could boost the economy, but experts say that not all plans to wipe out student debt increase racial and economic equity.
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National
Starbucks Apologizes To Police Officers Who Were Asked To Leave An Arizona Store
Police in the city of Tempe say a barista asked them to leave or move away from a customer who "did not feel safe" with officers nearby.
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National
Top British Diplomat Assails Trump's 'Inept' Presidency In Leaked Memos
U.K.'s ambassador to the U.S., Kim Darroch, paints Trump as an incompetent leader of a "diplomatically clumsy" administration, in memos sent to U.K.'s Foreign Office and leaked to the Daily Mail.