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2 May

This Standing Desk and Walking Pad Combo from Amazon

I even have not left this apartment since MondayI'll say to myself on a Friday. It's my work-from-home dilemma. Prioritizing movement is usually a challenge when your property and office have morphed into one space; it's really easy to sit down for eight hours without commutes or coffee runs to interrupt up the day. That is why I finally decided to take a position in a standing desk and walking pad. I've had this snazzy setup for 2 months and, while I hate dramatic phrases like "life-changing," that is an accurate description of how this small difference has impacted my every day routine. While TikTok creators began praising the advantages of a standing desk throughout the pandemic, it is also...
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20 Dec

Cancel It Joe! Older Americans Are Standing Up And

Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images The Debt Collective launched a latest campaign today: “Fifty Over Fifty.” The group’s latest crusade is “a coordinated student debt strike by older Americans to pressure President Biden to broadly cancel student debt,” in line with a press statement shared with ESSENCE. The campaign is strategically timed after their recent debt strike victory against ITT Tech, which resulted within the Department of Education providing 200,000 plus borrowers with almost $4 billion in relief. In accordance with Investopedia, the vast majority of student debt is held by adults over the age of 35. While borrowers under 34 held over $500 billion, their counterparts aged 35-49 and 50-61 owe balances of $622 billion and $281 billion of debt, respectively....
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