Economy

"The response to a water crisis can't be turning the city water supply into a for-profit industry."

"Spin the wheel and find out whether I'll survive the winter!" said one appalled viewer. "F**k me."

"Over the coming months, governments across the world are about to get an answer to a burning question: Will protests sparked by socioeconomic pressure transform into broader and more disruptive anti-government action?"

"We've lost a gifted writer and a relentless fighter for the working class," said one admirer of the journalist, author, and labor rights champion.

Teachers should be paid "salaries that allow them to live with dignity in the communities they serve," said one observer as school districts ask local families to help house educators.

The failure to provide updated guidance on the federal government's onerous "undue hardship" standard is "a severe problem for many borrowers who are in or on the brink of bankruptcy."