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The average funeral cost in 2017 was $7,360, and the funeral industry itself is worth roughly $16 billion, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. These numbers have been increasing for decades, and the least expensive option for death care—direct cremation with no service—will still run most families more than $1,000. Grieving people are talked into purchasing more expensive caskets, flower arrangements and burial plots.
One fifth of hate crimes were based on the attacker’s religious bias, according to the FBI. In October 2018, a shooter shouting anti-Semitic slurs massacred 11 congregants at a synagogue. This rampant religious discrimination prompted Jewish cinema art and science senior Ian Roozrokh to create a petition urging the college administration to appoint an expert on religion to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
The longest federal government shutdown in history began Dec. 22 after congressional failure to pass a budget for the fiscal year. The shutdown is largely blamed on either Trump demanding funding for a Southern border wall or on Democrats refusing to give it to him.According to a Jan. 13 Washington Post poll, 29 percent of respondents blame Congressional Democrats, 53 percent blame Trump and Congressional Republicans and 13 percent blame both equally.
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