Most of the programs that would be most beneficial to racial equality are actually universal policies.
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Posted inEducation in America
The Many Faces of Campus Activism
The linkages between anti-war protesters and 317,000 students who waited a decade for restitution for their fraudulent college loans
Posted inEducation in America
Congress Poised to Prevent One Form of Student Debt Relief
The FAA reauthorization bans debt cancellation for flight education loans.
Posted inPolitics
Liberals Need to Be Radicals
The agenda for Biden’s next term must go deeper to restore the American dream.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Republicans Attempt to Invalidate Democratic Policy Because It’s Democratic
The latest student debt lawsuit targets a program that’s been in place for over 30 years and is mandated by statute. It would effectively make it illegal to implement a law as a Democrat.
Posted inEducation in America
Attempt to Offload Shady For-Profit College Runs Into Trouble
The University of Idaho wants to buy the University of Phoenix for $685 million. Some Idaho lawmakers are starting to sour on the deal.
Posted inEducation in America
Why Four Million Student Borrowers Got Debt Relief
It’s just a matter of Biden’s Education Department fixing existing forgiveness programs that previous presidents failed to follow for decades.
Posted inEducation in America
CFPB Report Finds Long-Predicted Student Loan Servicer Problems
Everyone thought these companies couldn’t handle the end of the repayment pause. Everyone was right.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bank Bailouts, Building Power, and Health Care Privatization
A look back at the Best of 2023 for our executive editor
Posted inEconomic Policy
Q&A: Arin Dube on the Benefits of Full Employment
The UMass professor details a reduction in wage inequality unseen in the U.S. in half a century.
