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San Jose has seen some success with homelessness. Can San Diego learn from it?A year ago, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan told attendees at the third annual End Homelessness Summit that his city would build around 1,000 temporary units and get at least 50% of its homeless population housed. At the fourth annual End Homelessness Summit held Wednesday at the Carlsbad City Library, Mahan said that in the past 18 months, San Jose reduced…
Maricarmen, Whose Eviction Sparked Housing Protests Across Spain, Dies at 87María del Carmen Abascal Martín, an 87-year-old Spanish woman known as Maricarmen whose eviction led to massive housing protests and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling early elections, died this week, before she could return to her longtime home from the hospital. In a joint statement cited by El País, the Madrid Tenants' Union, Abascal's family, and…
Jewish Former Student Sues New York School, Says Admin Refused to Help While Protesters Shoved, Spat on HerOn the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, a Jewish former student at The New School filed a federal lawsuit against the university, accusing the school of failing to protect her from antisemitic harassment, physical assaults, vandalism, and exclusion from campus spaces. The post Jewish Former Student Sues New York…
The Fed raised interest rates for the first time in three years. Here's what it changes for UF students with loansThe Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point Sept. 16, bringing its target range to 3.75% to 4%, the first increase since July 2023. About 91% of U.S. student loan debt is federal, which doesn't change in parallel to interest rate changes. Congress sets the rate once a year and the rate is…