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Americans expect inflation to rise to 6.5% this year according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey. That’s the highest outlook since 1981. We’ll explain why those high inflation expectations could be keeping Federal Reserve Chair Powell up at night. And, the deal filmmaker Ryan Coogler made with Warner Bros. to make his latest horror movie “Sinners” is anything but ordinary. Could it shake up the Hollywood studio system?

"Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations" from Politico

"Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' isn't just scaring audiences. It's scaring Hollywood." from MSNBC

"Inflation expectations remain at highest level since 1981 even after Trump's 90-day tariff pause" 

"Pickle, a Fashion App, Lets Strangers Borrow Your Clothes" from The Cut

"Subtitling Your Life" from The New Yorker

"Is community fact-checking the future of social media moderation?" from Marketplace

"The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen" from The Verge

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