More than 70 percent of Americans are expected to shop over this holiday weekend to take advantage of the sales. Consumer confidence is at its highest since the early 2000s.
Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.
Public colleges and universities in Texas are rolling back or eliminating programs that support programs geared toward Black, Latino, Asian and LQTBQ+ students.
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