The Most Accessible Tuition-Free College Plan Just Became Law in New Mexico

As of last Friday, New Mexico became one of a number states, including New York, Indiana and Washington, to offer citizens tuition-free college. And New Mexico’s law has been lauded by advocates as being far and away the most comprehensive to date.

Not only is the program open to all residents, from recent high school graduates to adults seeking part-time education—it’s also unrestricted by household income and open to immigrants, regardless of their citizenship status. While most states who’ve implemented tuition-free or partial tuition-free plans are usually limited when a student’s financial aid is applied, this plan covers tuition and fees before any scholarships or any form of financial aid are even applied. Students are then able to allocate those funds toward other frivolous expenses, like food, housing and childcare.

Introduced as Senate Bill 140 and backed by both Republicans and Democrats, the law sailed through the state Senate and effectively replaced the current Lottery Scholarship with The Opportunity Scholarship Act. Thousands of New Mexico residents will be able to apply as soon as July 1, 2022.

Source: The Most Accessible Tuition-Free College Plan Just Became Law in New Mexico

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Sou forte sou por acaso

Minha metralhadora cheia de mágoas

Eu sou o cara

Cansado de correr

Na direção contrária

Sem podium de chegada

ou beijo de namorada

eu sou mais um cara

Mas se você achar que tô derrotado

Saiba que ainda estou rolando os dados

por que o tempo

o tempo não pára

dias sim, dias não

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na caridade de quem me detesta

a tua piscina está cheia de ratos

Tua ideias não correspondem aos fatos

o tempo não para

eu vejo um futuro repetir o passado

eu vejo um museu de grandes novidades

o tempo não para

não para não não para…”

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Dear Congress, You Needed to Pass Funding for Pandemic Relief…Last Week

Blind Injustice

Note to readers: This post is going to be unlike any other blog post I’ve ever done, in that this is going to be written like a letter, namely, an open letter to Congress. I hope this open letter will inspire others who care about the issue I am writing about to think about this further, and perhaps write letters to their own congressional representatives about the issue I write on here.

Additionally, I will add that there are reports that Congress has agreed to a deal on this. To my knowledge, the deal hasn’t passed yet so I decided to still publish tonight’s post.

Dear Congress,

Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be tempting to throw in the towel and say that the pandemic is over, endemic, or not a big deal. But not one of those three things is a reality yet. As of…

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The home economics of child labour | openDemocracy

A lot of the households and families we meet are in difficult circumstances. Most are unemployed or, even where they have jobs, things are not going well. They are trying their best to put food on the table and ensure their children go to school but there is no support for them to achieve this. As a result the whole family must work together as farm labourers or in other jobs to make ends meet.

The children are supposed to be in school and, now that education is free in Ghana, it is easy to blame such families for breaking the law. But in reality we are just blaming them for being poor. We have to face reality and admit that unless we increase support for such families, child labour will not go away no matter how hard we preach against it.

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Clearly Crazy #ukraine #fiction #atozchallenge

penned in moon dust

It was a quiet and cold drive back to Odessa and neither of us wanted to say what we were feeling.

“We would be smart to get some food for a reserve supply and candles.” My husband got very chatty as we got to the edge of Odessa.

“We have one blanket but I think several more would be a good idea if the power goes off.”

Neither of us said, “Let’s just go home.”

It’s as if something was holding us in Odessa even though the signs were clear that war was coming.

“I’d really like to find the blue room.” I told my husband.

“They said there is no such room.”

“There is and it is a good size if the children have to come stay. There are no windows.”

“Then we will ask again tomorrow.” My husband collapsed from our long drive.

Before I fell asleep, I…

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What Really Matters?

Filosofa's Word

A woman on Facebook bemoans that she had to ‘settle for’ ground beef to make a meatloaf instead of the ‘lovely steak dinner’ she had planned.  Another complains that there will be no beach vacation this year because “who can afford it with the price of everything, including gas, so high?”  And still another threatens to quit his job so he can “live off welfare and get food stamps like everybody else”.  And my response to all of these and more who are bitching about inflation and the price at the pump is simple:  STFU … SHUT UP!!!

Inflation and rising fuel prices are everywhere, not just in the U.S.  They are not the fault of President Biden or of teachers teaching Critical Race Theory or of the COVID vaccine or mask mandates.  They are a direct result of the war Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin started when he…

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