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Challenges around the higher education landscape and concerns about college affordability are making it harder for more Latinos to earn a degree.An analysis published Wednesday by Excelencia in Education, one of the nation's leading education think tanks focused on Latino college completion, found that the degree completion gap between Latinos and their white peers has increased since 2018.While graduation rates for Latino students have been relatively flat for nearly five years, graduation rates for white students have increased over the same period, effectively widening the degree gap.Graduation rates for Latinos at two-year institutions have hovered around 33% since 2018, and…

The AFC is loaded heading into the 2023 NFL season, but the Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa he likes his team's chances. After a season that saw the organization make the playoffs for the first time since 2016, the Dolphins enter the season with high expectations after beefing up the defense in the offseason, trading the six-time Pro Bowler. Jalen Ramsey. "I think we're definitely legitimate contenders," Tagovailoa told The Palm Beach Post.CHARGERS' AUSTIN EKELER DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM NFL OWNERS AMID BACKING BACK MARKET DEPRESSION Jalen Ramsey of the Miami Dolphins speaks to the media after practice at the Baptist…

TEL AVIV – Days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to carry out the first part of his plan to weaken Israel's Supreme Court, President Joe Biden urged him "not to rush" legislation that has divided so deeply to Israel. It was an unusually direct intervention by a US president in the affairs of one of America's closest allies. By Wednesday, there was little indication that Biden's words, as described New York Times columnist Thomas FriedmanNetanyahu's political calculus had changed.Under intense pressure from far-right members of his government, Netanyahu says he plans to introduce the first part of the…

When Rahya Kelley isn't attending classes or practicing with her cheerleading squad at Olivet College, she does her hair for black students on campus. But it can be difficult for Kelley to access care products for black hair. Olivet, Michigan, Kelley said, is "in the middle of nowhere."There's a Walmart 12 miles from campus, but she said it doesn't always offer a reliable selection of black hair care products.“The only time I could go to the beauty supply store was when I was going home or if one of my friends was going to the beauty supply store and I…