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As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC
The student loan industry has spent over $25 million lobbying the federal government since 2014.
Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism
Corporate values have changed the nature of higher education in the U.S.
Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan
Wiping out student debt could boost the GDP up to $108 billion and add 1.5 million jobs per year.
19 States Still Allow Schools to Beat Their Students
In permitting this heinous practice, the U.S. once again proves itself exceptional in its capacity for violence.
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
Teach For America has evolved into an informal but vital ally of the charter school movement.
On Father’s Day, Let’s Promise Our Children We Will Not Stop Hoping
People made this mess, and people will be needed to fix it.
Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Right-Wing “Free Speech Crisis” on Campuses
Right-wing groups with funding from the Koch brothers have sought to create space on campuses for white nationalists.
Conservative Groups Are Stifling Criticism of Israel On and Off Campus
Lawfare Project is generously funded by pro-Israel groups to sue and run smear campaigns against Israel's critics.
Child Psychiatric Abuse Is Real — I Should Know, I Lived It
It took many years to accept that there is nothing inherently wrong with me, or with people deemed “mentally ill.”
The SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Is a Poor Fix for a Problematic Test
The adversity score represents a flawed attempt to fix a flawed test.