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Despair over future fuels anxiety for college students
PBS News Hour and The Columbian (Vancouver WA) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedDespair over future fuels anxiety for college students.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Despair over future fuels political anxiety for college students on the cusp of adulthood". The center frames it as "Despair over future fuels anxiety for college students".
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Left / center-leftDespair over future fuels political anxiety for college students on the cusp of adulthood
PBS NewsHour · Center-left · News report
CenterDespair over future fuels anxiety for college students
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Despair over future fuels political anxiety for college students on the cusp of adulthood
Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping.
Despair over future fuels anxiety for college students
EAST LANSING, Mich. — For many college students around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best. Young people’s anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a nationa...
