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    • Latinx Heritage Month: ‘You’re not smart enough to go to college’: How first-generation Latinx students are overcoming the odds in pursuit of higher education
      Politics
      Kate Murphy

      Latinx Heritage Month: ‘You’re not smart enough to go to college’: How first-generation Latinx students are overcoming the odds in pursuit of higher education

      The overall acceptance rate for Perez’s UPenn class of 2023 was a record-low 7.4 percent. And as a low-income Latina and first in her family to go to college, Perez had additional obstacles to overcome. “They obviously had to leave behind their family, their jobs, life as they knew it.

    • Whatever it is, President Trump has never 'seen anything like it'
      News
      David Knowles

      Whatever it is, President Trump has never 'seen anything like it'

      The president employs one of his favorite expressions in the wake of two mass shootings.

    • PHOTOS: Protests demanding resignation of Puerto Rico's governor turn violent
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      Yahoo News Photo Staff

      PHOTOS: Protests demanding resignation of Puerto Rico's governor turn violent

      Thousands marched in Puerto Rico for a fifth day on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello, following corruption accusations and the leak of text chats in which he made sexist and homophobic remarks.

    • Trump perpetuates falsehoods on hurricane aid as scandal rocks Puerto Rico's government
      News
      Casey Darnell

      Trump perpetuates falsehoods on hurricane aid as scandal rocks Puerto Rico's government

      President Trump on Thursday continued to spread misinformation about government aid to Puerto Rico after it was devastated by a 2017 hurricane.