Tag: college education
Student debt reaches more than $1 trillion – an all-time high
"We are crushing the next generation with debt."
Picture the United States without student debt
Cancelling all student debt in this country would create millions of new jobs and increase the nation’s GDP. We can't afford NOT to do this.
Higher Education: Capitalism at Its Most Despicable
Public colleges have long been expected to benefit from academic research. But that all changed in 1980 with the Bayh-Dole Act. Now universities are more deeply entrenched in the capitalist world—a true degradation of higher education.
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Trump signs executive order targeting birthright citizenship: Legal and humanitarian concerns arise
Trump targets a cornerstone of U.S. citizenship in first-day executive order.
Takeover by rogue secessionist from within—fortress America nibbled to death by ruthless ducks
What the rebellious confederacy could not pull off with violence, today’s nefarious secession depends on legalistic, electoral and political trappings.
Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on drug prices, halting efforts to lower costs
Trump reverses progress on drug affordability, halting Medicare and Medicaid cost-saving initiatives.
Nationwide protests erupt against Trump’s inauguration amid fears of far-right agenda
Nationwide protests amplify voices against policies threatening marginalized communities.
American troops as migrants
What the MAGA crowd don’t recognize: the troops they plan to rely on to carry out the deportations of potentially millions of people are, in their own way, also migrants.