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New Financial Aid Scheme Requires Students to Forfeit Future Income to Investors
As plans emerge to experiment with income share agreements, critics say they are just a new spin on student debt.
Pelosi Slammed for Backing Koch-Backed Texas Democrat Over Progressive Contender
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joining Charles Koch and the NRA in backing an anti-choice candidate for reelection.
Drinking Water Quality Could Plummet Under Trump’s Clean Water Rollback
States with fewer local protections and resources will suffer the most.
Grassroots Movements Fight for Gender Equity in Elections, Culture and Health
New attention on gender inequality is inspiring new movements and energizing existing ones.
Environmentalist in Klobuchar’s Home State Says She’s “Owned by Big Agriculture”
Amy Klobuchar has also shown a staunch unwillingness to challenge mining or pipeline interests.
Trump’s New Spy Chief Worked for Oligarch Barred From Entering US by State Dept.
Acting intelligence director Richard Grenell used to do advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician.
Law Students Are Refusing Job Offers From Elite Firm Until It Drops ExxonMobil
Harvard Law students disrupted a recruitment event for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP last month.
Trump Issues Memo That Could Kill Union Rights for 750,000 Federal Workers
The memo allows Defense Secretary Mark Esper to abolish collective bargaining rights in the Defense Department.
Native Voters in Nevada Head to Caucuses After Winning Voting Rights Fight
A solid turnout of Native voters in Nevada could have a big impact in a state with only 3 million people.
Trump Would “Chew Him Up and Spit Him Out,” Bernie Sanders Warns of Bloomberg
Mike Bloomberg's debate performance showed that the president would make easy work of him in a general election debate.