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Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on March 28, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
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Education & Youth

DeVos Accused of Scheming to Stop Next President From Canceling Student Debt

The plan involves turning the Federal Student Aid office into a new and supposedly independent federal agency.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
December 5, 2019
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Steven J. Menashi, nominee to be a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Trump Judicial Nominee Mocked Anti-Rape Activists and Praised Ethnonationalism

Steven Menashi’s record shows a history of contempt for women, LGBTQ people and communities of color.
by
Caitlin Breedlove,
Truthout
October 31, 2019
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Betsy DeVos stands in front of a microphone
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Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos Held in Contempt of Court for Predatory Loan-Collecting Practices

The Education Department was fined $100,000 for violating an order to stop collecting payments from defrauded students.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
October 25, 2019
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Betsey DeVos
News
Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos Is Abandoning Students Seeking Loan Forgiveness

Only 1 percent of public service workers are getting their student loan forgiveness applications approved.
by
Lisa Needham,
The American Independent Institute
September 9, 2019
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The change would create additional obstacles for students seeking loan forgiveness from predatory for-profit colleges.
News
Education & Youth

DeVos Blasted for Student Debt Relief Rule Change That Hurts Defrauded Borrowers

The change would create additional obstacles for students seeking loan forgiveness from predatory for-profit colleges.
by
Jessica Corbett,
Common Dreams
August 31, 2019
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks after attending church on March 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Here’s What Was Happening While Everyone Was Talking About Mueller

Total vigilance today is thoroughly exhausting, and deadly necessary.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 30, 2019
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Students from School Without Walls High School march after performing a die-in on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, DC, December 17, 2014, demonstrating against police violence and human rights.
Interview
Racial Justice

Fighting for Black Lives in Schools and Unions

We must challenge anti-Black racism and incorporate the Black Struggle into the union struggle.
by
Danny Katch,
Socialist Worker
January 21, 2019
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Op-Ed
Education & Youth

What’s Next for Public Education in 2019

We have the power to reverse the trend toward neoliberal education reform that predates Trump and DeVos.
by
Sabrina Joy Stevens,
Truthout
January 19, 2019
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US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announces changes in federal policy on rules for investigating sexual assault reports on college campuses in at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, Virginia, on September 7, 2017.
News
Education & Youth

DeVos’s Response to School Shootings? Make School More Like Prison

Trump and DeVos are using gun violence to justify rolling back civil rights and militarizing public schools.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
December 19, 2018
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks with with Bill Cordes of the department's Budget Service before testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee on the department's budget request for fiscal year 2019 on June 5, 2018.
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Betsy DeVos Uses Our Taxes for Koch Brothers’ Agenda

Betsy DeVos selects education programs in order to feed her propaganda campaign for market-based education “reform.”
by
Jeff Bryant,
Campaign for America's Future
December 5, 2018
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