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.
Trump once supported more forgiving loans, but Betsy DeVos has other ideas. Meanwhile, Democrats are uniting around debt-free college.
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump
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The education secretary's latest move is another favor to for-profit colleges.
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The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.
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A presidential bandwagon is forming for the breakout Democratic star of the Trump era. But the Senate is where he belongs.
“Undermining public education is not a choice,” Senator Patty Murray said in a speech Wednesday, railing against the education secretary's policies.
He hasn't yet promised money to help historically black colleges, but some school leaders say his outreach is an improvement over Obama's.
Republican lawmakers are trying to criminalize dissent. Does this herald a larger and more dangerous backlash against free speech?
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
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