| Chilean President Bachelet's approval rating hits record low Posted: 06 Jul 2016 02:25 PM PDT  By Anthony Esposito and Gram Slattery SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating fell to an all-time low in June amid widening student unrest, the resignation of her cabinet chief and a sluggish economy, a survey by pollster GfK Adimark showed on Wednesday. "In the short term, that will mean that conflict and a lack of confidence in the political system will make it very difficult to bring about the current reforms in a reasonable fashion." Bachelet is attempting to ease a total abortion ban, reform the nation's dictatorship-era constitution, and make higher education more affordable. In June, Interior Minister Jorge Burgos, who also led the cabinet, resigned after policy disputes, while a student protest that ended with violent confrontations with police and the sacking of a Catholic church also sapped the president's popularity, Adimark said.
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| Clinton’s new debt-free education proposal could draw Millennials Posted: 06 Jul 2016 01:02 PM PDT Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign took a page from that of Bernie Sanders with her revised education plan, which promises free public higher education for most families. Mrs. Clinton had previously been opposed to Senator Sanders's proposal for free tuition. Released Wednesday, Clinton's revised plan promises free tuition at in-state, four-year, public colleges and universities to families with annual incomes under $125,000. |
| Clinton offers plan to freeze some college debt, cut tuition Posted: 06 Jul 2016 09:32 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Wednesday proposed a temporary freeze on some student debt and the cutting of college tuition entirely for some families, focusing on an issue important to supporters of her rival Bernie Sanders. Clinton's latest proposal includes a three-month moratorium for federal student loan payments and a new measure to eliminate in-state college tuition for families whose income does not exceed $125,000, according to a release from her campaign. Clinton, the former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic Party nominee, is looking to win over supporters of Sanders, the Vermont senator who was her main opponent for the nomination as he consistently sought to push the party left.
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| In overture to Sanders, Clinton unveils college costs plan Posted: 06 Jul 2016 08:10 AM PDT  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In a gesture to her former Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is announcing new steps aimed at tackling the rising cost of college tuition and the burden of student loan debt, including a three-month moratorium on loan payments for all federal borrowers.
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| US colleges court foreign entrepreneurs who need visas Posted: 06 Jul 2016 07:30 AM PDT  He came to America on a student visa, earned a master's degree from Babson College and is now starting a new business, but Abhinav Sureka worries that he'll have to return to India. To stay, he needs an ...
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| U.S. to allocate $10 million to non-profits, colleges to fight extremism Posted: 06 Jul 2016 06:16 AM PDT  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce on Wednesday $10 million in grants for non-profit organizations and colleges to develop counseling programs and other services to turn people away from violent extremism, according to a senior DHS official. The official, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity before the planned announcement, said the department recognizes law enforcement is limited in its ability to intervene before someone becomes radicalized like Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people in Orlando last month. After killings by Muslim extremists in San Bernardino, California, Boston and Garland, Texas, DHS officials found family and community members of the perpetrators suspected their intentions but did not know where to turn.
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| Zimbabwe doctors, teachers strike over unpaid wages as economy deteriorates Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:56 PM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Teachers, doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe began a strike over unpaid salaries on Tuesday, a day after police used force against protesting taxi drivers in the capital, Harare, as the country's economy deteriorates. Zimbabwe is battling its worst drought in a quarter of a century, while the economy is beset by cash shortages, prompting small, spontaneous protests over the past month. President Robert Mugabe has used the police to keep a lid on the protests, but Amnesty International said their response on Monday amounted to a violation of Zimbabweans' human rights.
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