The class of 2024 just wants stability and a comfortable income, thank you.

• More graduating college seniors are seeking the security of a government job. Fewer are applying for riskier tech jobs, Axios' Jennifer A. Kingson writes from a report by Handshake, an early-career network.

Why it matters: Job security, work/life balance, and the ability to live near family and friends are this cohort's top considerations.

🌇 Where they're going: New York City is the most popular destination for post-grad applicants — attracting 9.1% of total applications, up from 8% last year.

• Other cities with big application boosts were D.C.; Texas City, Texas (a port on the Gulf coast); Salt Lake City; and Boise.
• Dallas, Seattle, Houston, Denver and Atlanta saw the biggest decreases.

💼 This year's college seniors — whose undergrad experience was marred by COVID — have "had to do a lot of adapting," Handshake's Christine Cruzvergara tells Axios.

• "They've had to be nimble, adaptable and gritty."

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The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, voted early today to rename two public schools after Confederate leaders, Axios' Rebecca Falconer reports

• Why it matters: The 5-1 vote is an apparent first-of-its-kind reversal of 2020-era racial justice reforms in schools. It comes after authorities began removing Confederate symbols from U.S. institutions and public spaces following protests and the murder of George Floyd.

💡 Between the lines: The Coalition for Better Schools, a local conservative group, pushed for the change.

• Three conservatives who won seats on the board last year had vowed to eradicate the "woke Leftist agenda" from schools, The New York Times reported.

In July 2020, the previous board voted to drop the names of two schools, Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary — named for Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby.

• They were renamed Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School.

Zoom out: Shenandoah County is more than 93% white and voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2020.

• The reversal is part of what Axios has called "2020's great undoing."

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1. 🎊 Above: University of Southern California seniors watch a drone and fireworks show during last night's Trojan Family Graduate Celebration. USC canceled its main commencement ceremony after arrests at pro-Palestinian protests.
2. 🚨 Israel's war Cabinet voted to expand its operation area in Rafah, as U.S. concerns mount over the humanitarian crisis in the southern Gaza city, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.
3. ⚖️ Steven Bannon's conviction for contempt of Congress was upheld by a federal appeals court today. He could soon start serving his four-month prison sentence, Axios' Ivana Saric reports.

Taylor Swift kicked off the European edition of "The Eras Tour" in Paris last night, continuing through Sunday.

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