Could Betsy DeVos Cost Trump the Election?
The president needs to win Michigan again, but many of his supporters there hate the education secretary.
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Higher Education Faces a Turning Point
The right's opportunistic obsession with left-wing bias at U.S. colleges and universities threatens to destroy one of the pillars of national unity.
Cory Booker Was Once a Foot Soldier for Betsy DeVos
The Democratic candidate claims to be a defender of public education. But in 2000, he hawked school vouchers for the future education secretary.
Betsy DeVos Is Fabricating History to Sell a Bad Education Policy
What the education secretary gets wrong about workforce training in public schools
The Gaping Divide Over Student Debt
Trump once supported more forgiving loans, but Betsy DeVos has other ideas. Meanwhile, Democrats are uniting around debt-free college.
Nothing in All Creation Is Hidden
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump
How Far Left Will Democrats Go on Education?
Cynthia Nixon's campaign against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is a bellwether for the party nationally.
Is Washington Ready for Another Betsy DeVos?
Republican Debbie Lesko is Arizona’s crusader for conservative “school choice”—and, unless Democrats can stop her in April's special election, she’s about to go national.
How Public Schools Became a Battleground in the Trump Era
It’s not just that schools are fighting low funding and mass shootings. They’re also some of the last genuine public squares in this country.
The Myth of Normal America
There are no good old days to return to in U.S. politics. The truth about a post-Trump era.
Betsy DeVos’s Gut Punch to Defrauded Students
The education secretary's latest move is another favor to for-profit colleges.
Our Inordinately White, Wealthy, Male Government
The departure of Janet Yellen underscores the homogeneity of the governing class under Donald Trump.
Ralph Northam Is Taking on Betsy DeVos—by Breaking With Barack Obama
Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate is a staunch defender of public schools and a skeptic of charter schools and standardized testing.
Why Does America Keep Falling for “Sham Schools”?
The country has a long, maddening history with for-profit colleges—and the blame is bipartisan.
Betsy DeVos Is Making “School Choice” Toxic for Democrats
Conservatives frame privatization as a civil rights issue, but Trump's extreme agenda is energizing racial justice and public education advocates.
Don’t Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.
Ivanka and Jared Will Not Save Us From Trump
They have the president's ear, but they're not moderating him. Here's why they hold so little sway over Trump.
Al Franken Should Stay Exactly Where He Is
A presidential bandwagon is forming for the breakout Democratic star of the Trump era. But the Senate is where he belongs.
Betsy DeVos’s “School Choice” Fallacy
“Undermining public education is not a choice,” Senator Patty Murray said in a speech Wednesday, railing against the education secretary's policies.
Trump’s Tentative First Step Toward Black Voters
He hasn't yet promised money to help historically black colleges, but some school leaders say his outreach is an improvement over Obama's.
