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Defund the police is a perfectly good term.

Photographic illustration of Slate. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images. As protests over racial inequality and police violence have characterized much of this summer, so have debates about how we speak and write about those issues. In a recent episode of Lexical ValleyJohn McWhorter explored two themes of linguistic …

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Amortization options of the CARES Law mortgage

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the Fed does not have the ability to change mortgage or credit card payments. The government gave Americans mortgage payment relief options during the coronavirus pandemic by allowing some borrowers to pause their mortgage payments, but what payment options do homeowners have after the …

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Is the ‘big turnover’ in the stock market underway as coronavirus cases increase? Or is it a false sunrise? This is what the experts think

EXTRA MARKET © AFP / Getty Images The large stock turnover? The tyranny of gigantic tech stocks, which has supported the US equity market since March, had a major impact this week. Loading error For months, the most valued e-commerce and technology companies have staged an almost unrelenting rally during …

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