College students are set to receive a second round of direct payments through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) following the passage of a coronavirus stimulus package in December.
In April of 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $8.6 million to the University of New Mexico to be distributed as emergency relief grants for students. Undergraduate students were awarded a sum of either $465 or $779, depending on their expected family contribution. The recent stimulus package included renewed
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year Friday, touting record investments in education and a $15 billion budget surplus in spite of the economic uncertainty wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
State tax board offers Covid-19, disaster program assistance
State Controller and Franchise Tax Board Chairwoman Betty T. Yee
FAIRFIELD The state Franchise Tax Board kicks off its tax season with reminders that there are Covid- and disaster-related programs available and free tax return preparation services available in-person and self-help services online.
“We encourage all Californians to make use of our online services, including the ability to file a state return online for free and quickly secure a refund,” state Controller and Franchise Tax Board Chairwoman Betty T. Yee said in a statement.
“More people than ever will qualify for key state tax credits, including the expanded California Earned Income Tax Credit and the Young Child Tax Credit. Combined, these refundable credits can total hundreds or even thousands of dollars,” Yee said in the statement. “We hope more Californians will claim these credits, especially those who do not earn enough to be required to f
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget Friday for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, with an estimated $4.5 billion earmarked to help the state’s economy.
Searching for the ‘Anti’ in ‘Antiracism’
The premier expositor of antiracist philosophy, Ibram X. Kendi, is admirably forthright about his prescriptions for allaying America’s legacy of racial prejudice. “The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination,” he wrote in the best-selling book
How to Be an Antiracist. “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”
As critics of Kendi’s outlook have observed, the prefix “anti” here seems superfluous. His philosophy is a familiar one: discrimination now, discrimination tomorrow, discrimination forever.
Proponents of the antiracist theory of social organization fancy themselves insurgents arguing passionately against the country’s prevailing ethos, but that is a dated self-conception. Antiracism didn’t just go mainstream in 2020 it became downright establishmentarian.