President Joe Biden speaking about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. The Biden administration said it is extending the student loan repayment pause again. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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Powwow attendee Sonny Hensley holds an anti-mascot button to protest using Indians as mascots for sports teams at the 2003 New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow in Columbus, Ohio. Mike Simons/Getty Images hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis championed the bill that is designed to limit the discussion of racism and privilege in classrooms and workplaces. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Activists hold cancel student debt signs as they gather to rally in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Candles and flowers are left at a memorial honoring four slain University of Idaho students at the Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow, Idaho, on Tuesday. Two of the victims, Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, were servers at the restaurant. Nicholas K. Geranios/AP hide caption
James Whitfield, former principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas, in a photo taken at his home in Hurst, Texas, last year. Ben Torres for the Texas Tribune hide caption
Emily Blunt as Lady Cornelia Locke in The English. Diego Lopez Calvin/Amazon Prime Video hide caption
First-grader Rylee plays with a puppet during class. Ryan T. Conaty for NPR hide caption
In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck'
President Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University last month. A judge in Texas blocked Biden's plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Harvard University has had the largest academic endowment since 1986. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption
As Harvard's endowment abandons fossil fuels, oil-rich University of Texas catches up
Suzane Nazir uses a Princeton Review SAT Preparation book to study for the test on March 6, 2014 in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, N.Y. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stacey Abrams, Wes Moore, Tina Kotek, Maura Healey, and Kathy Hochul. All are 2022 candidates for governor who would make history if elected. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Mary Schwalm/AP; Anthony Behar/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images hide caption
Six races for governor that could make history this midterm election
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to supporters at a campaign stop in Marietta, Ga., on Nov. 3. Kemp emphasized how he kept businesses open during the pandemic despite criticism from Democrats and health experts. "Who was fighting for you then when the political winds were blowing a different way?" he said. Riley Bunch/GPB hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court's conservatives are openly hostile to affirmative action in admissions
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the use of race in college admissions. Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Can race play a role in college admissions? The Supreme Court hears the arguments
Tucker Bubacz, a 17-year-old senior, climbs into the cab of a semi truck just outside Williamsport High School in Williamsport, Md. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Amanda Berg for NPR hide caption
The driver of the big rig one lane over might soon be one of these teenagers
President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona listens in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Oct. 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Scholar Mike Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book City of Quartz and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation. Verso hide caption