An interview with Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days
Education in America
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The GOP Tax Plan Places Huge Burden on Graduate Students
Late last week, House Republicans passed the “Tax Cuts and Job Act,” a bill they claim will cut taxes and raise wages for the majority of Americans. One group that would see a huge tax increase are graduate students. Many of them survive on modest stipends, but they could see their taxes quadruple under the […]
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Fossil-Free Finance
The surprising successes of the divestment movement as an anti-carbon organizing strategy
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The Proselytizers and the Privatizers
How religious sectarian school voucher extremists made useful idiots of the charter movement Â
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Repealing Title IX Guidelines on Sexual Assault: A Dialogue
Alexandra Brodsky and Lara Bazelon debate the merits of the Obama administration’s guidelines on sexual assault on campus.Â
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The Rift Among Charter Schools
Independent schools move to declare their independence from the for-profit and nonprofit chains.
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Desegregated, Differently
Half of Hartford’s schoolkids attend integrated schools, thanks to a legal strategy that might work elsewhere.
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DeVos Has Rescinded College Sexual Assault Guidelines. What Now?
The Trump administration’s decision to end the 2011 guidelines draw attention to a split in the left wing.
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States Take on Student Debt Abuses as the Trump Administration Defaults
While the administration rolls back the weak protections that exist, more than a dozen states have proposed reforming the largely unregulated student loan industry.
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Charter Schools Insist: Our Teachers Are Public Employees! Or Private Employees! Whichever Means They Can’t Unionize!
A Louisiana case throws this question into federal court.
