Student Debt: A Penalty the Poor Pay for Not Being Wealthy
There are two options for our future generations: get an education and agree to inescapable debt, or don’t get an education and the possibility of employment goes out the window. Student debt has become a trap.
The Republican Trumpless Debate
Fox News hosted its Republican debate last week without Donald Trump. So how did it go?
Should McDonald’s & Monsanto Have the Same Rights as People? A Debate on Corporate...
Five Years ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people and have the same rights a person has. This has led to companies, like Monsanto and McDonalds, fighting against new laws in order to protect their businesses. Seem fair?
Utah passes bill banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care
The bill "prohibits surgery for all transgender youth and disallows hormone treatment for transgender minors who have not been professionally diagnosed with gender dysphoria."
Trump and Clinton Clash in Second Presidential Debate: Experts Respond
The Conversation’s experts from Australia and the US were watching the debate. Their responses follow.
Kill the ‘nonprofit killer’ bill
HR 9495 is not only a danger to civil society’s right to speech—it is a serious escalation in favor of corporations.
CBO: Trump law will add $3.4 rrillion to deficit, boot 10 million off health...
Warnings about the law's impact on the national debt and the healthcare of millions—particularly Americans on Medicaid—were prominent during the GOP effort to pass the budget reconciliation package by Trump's Independence Day deadline.
Democracy Now! Special: Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump’s victory
While Sanders lost the primary, he has not given up the fight.
The big fix: Will the GOP turn to Dems to fix Obamacare?
Democrats must demand clear, popular amendments that demonstrate they are committed to extend the right to affordable health care.
Biden at one
In its first year in office, the Biden administration has done a reasonably good job of reversing the idiocies of its predecessor....