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March Madness is in full swing as Men's and Women's college basketball teams across the country compete for the NCAA championship. However, the Dartmouth Men's Basketball team made headlines just before the tournament for its successful unionization vote.
Today, we break down why the Dartmouth men are pushing to unionize and what a college athletics union could mean for the future of college sports.
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1884 - Should schools be paying their college athletes? Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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1875 - How are moving companies faring with high mortgage rates? Thu, 14 Mar 2024
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1874 - Are data breaches putting patients at risk? Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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1873 - What's behind Bitcoin's bullrun? Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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1872 - Is the financial media making us miserable about the economy? Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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1870 - How to get Russia to pay Ukraine Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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1867 - The growing industry of green burials Mon, 04 Mar 2024
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1862 - Reddit's public Wall Street bet Mon, 26 Feb 2024
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1860 - A Supreme Court case that could reshape social media Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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1842 - Tumbling Chinese stocks and rapid Chipotle hiring Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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1841 - How niche brands got into your local supermarket Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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1840 - A manifesto for feeding 8 billion people Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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1839 - A treacherous descent? What will the Fed do next? Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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1838 - Economics, boosternomics and Swiftnomics Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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