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Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos Compares Risk of Returning to School to Riding a Rocket Ship
DeVos reportedly told governors that the health risks of COVID should not deter them from reopening schools.
Supreme Court Ruling Fails LGBTQ Youth and Students With Disabilities
“Espinoza v. Montana” creates a pathway for religious schools to discriminate against already marginalized students.
Trump Threatens to Cut Funding for Schools If They Don’t Reopen in the Fall
Trump suggested other countries' schools were reopening, ignoring the fact that U.S. infection rates are much higher.
As Markets Crashed, DeVos Sold Shares in Secretive Cayman Island Fund
The sale raises questions again about how officials personally benefited from access to non-public information on COVID.
House Fails to Override Trump’s Student Loan Forgiveness Veto
The failed vote comes as a whistleblower alleges that officials killed a loan forgiveness site for being too helpful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.