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Opinion: The Dangerous Distortion of “Fairness†in the Student Loan Forgiveness Debate
Biden’s plan is an effort to create fairness and equity when it comes to access to higher education.
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Opinion: Advocating For Student Loan Forgiveness, AOC Highlights Key Obstacle To American Progress And Democracy
She expands the debate beyond student loan forgiveness to give us a broader lesson in civics and reality.
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Opinion: Student Loan Forgiveness Is A Key Step In Promoting A Democratic Culture Of Mutual Aid
Forgiving student loans is an opportunity for the nation to create policy rooted in a recognition of the importance of investing in one another.
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GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley Argues That Student Loan Forgiveness is a “Moral Hazard”
For a number of years, Americans have been drowning in student loan debts. The costs of college have way outpaced American wages and students have had serious trouble paying back their high interest loans. The idea has wide bi-partisan support as both Republicans and Democrats are having trouble paying back their loans. Joe Biden has…
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House Democrat Introduces Legislation to Forgive Student Loans for Frontline Healthcare Workers
The Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act has been introduced by Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and cosigned by nine other House Democrats to forgive federal and private loans for all medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. “Health care workers are worrying about their own health and how it will…
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Betsy DeVos’ Corrupt Assault on Public Education Continues
The drama of the impeachment of the nation’s president, reports indicate, simply has not captured the interest or concern of the American audience. Apparently the melodrama of daytime soap operas attracts their attention more than the antics of a corrupt president and administration actively undermining the nation’s security for personal gain at the expense of…
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Debate makes Clear: Public Education, the Public Good itself, Hang in the Balance in 2020
When asked about his approach to education in last Thursday’s Democratic primary debate, Pete Buttigieg’s response boiled down the difference between his approach and Donald Trump’s to its most  basic element. “Step one,†he said, would be to “appoint a secretary of education who actually believes in public education.†Buttigieg’s pithy statement put sharply into…
