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Betsy DeVos

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia.
Op-Ed
LGBTQ Rights

Betsy DeVos Is Complicit in Evangelical Right’s Assault on Trans Athletes

The Alliance Defending Freedom, which receives money from DeVos’s family, is suing to keep trans athletes out of sports.
by
Heron Greenesmith,
Truthout
June 5, 2020
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2021 budget for the Department of Education on March 5, 2020.
News
Education & Youth

ACLU Sues Betsy DeVos Over “Reprehensible” New Sexual Assault Rules

The suit claims that new Title IX rules could mean far fewer campus reports of sexual harassment and assault.
by
Roger Sollenberger,
Salon
May 16, 2020
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News
Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos Sued for Garnishing Wages of 285,000 Student Borrowers Amid Pandemic

The CARES Act prohibits the Education Department from seizing the wages and tax refunds of student loan borrowers.
by
Julia Conley,
Common Dreams
May 2, 2020
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia.
News
Education & Youth

In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule

The Senate overturned a new rule that would have prevented defrauded students from having their loans forgiven.
by
David Halperin,
Republic Report
March 12, 2020
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos arrives for the National Teacher of the Year award ceremony at the White House, May 2, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
News
Education & Youth

DeVos Threatened With Subpoena After Skipping Hearing to Campaign for Trump

DeVos was invited to testify last month about critical issues facing the Department of Education.
by
Igor Derysh,
Salon
February 4, 2020
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren announces a bill to cancel student loan debt on July 23, 2019. Warren recently updated her plan to clarify that she plans to use executive authority to cancel student debt, without needing to wait for Congress to act.
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

To Cancel Student Debt, You Don’t Need Congress

All of the 2020 candidates should commit to using executive action to bring immediate relief to student borrowers.
by
Alexis Goldstein,
Truthout
January 28, 2020
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The CEOs of the largest Wall Street banks are sworn in before they testify before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2019.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Congressional Oversight Claimed Important Victories in 2019. Here Are the Top 5.

Betsy DeVos, Jamie Dimon, Elliott Abrams and Donald Trump were all held to account this year.
by
Alexis Goldstein,
Truthout
December 26, 2019
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before House Education and Labor Committee December 12, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos’s Vision for an Indebted Future? A Robotic Student Loan Chatbot

Automating financial aid with dystopian chatbots and streamlined websites will not solve the student debt crisis.
by
Eli J. Campbell,
openDemocracy
December 23, 2019
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick DeVos, right, greet fellow guests in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State's Harry S. Truman building, March 7, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
News
Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos’s Family Foundation Funnels Money to Her Right-Wing Supporters

Trump’s education secretary is effectively funding an outside propaganda operation, says a watchdog group.
by
Igor Derysh,
Salon
December 19, 2019
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A woman holds a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" during a protest
News Analysis
LGBTQ Rights

Anti-Trans Discrimination Begins in the Classroom

Trans students’ Title IX rights — and the federal definition of “sex” — now hang in the balance.
by
Bethany M. Coston,
Rewire.News
December 11, 2019
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