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Basic Needs

Basic Needs

May 31, 2023

This one section of the 5/24 – 5/30, 2023 MCFeed Newsletter

During his graduation address at the University of Massachusetts Boston, billionaire Rob Hale announced he would be gifting $1,000 to each of the year’s graduates, WBUR finds. While Hale added students would need to give half their check to another person or organization in need, the money lifted the spirits of more than 2,500 graduates, almost 60% of whom were first-generation college students.

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