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Jun 15 2020
Opinion
Why Democrats have an extraordinary opening
Democrats have a once-in-a-generation opportunity, akin to the first civil rights era, to reorder our politics. In the 1960s, southern whites shifted to the Republicans, while nonwhite voters in cities and young voters went to the Democrats. Now the tectonic plates are shifting once more. NBC News explains what has happened to the two parties:
Republicans have actually grown their
Jennifer RubinFeb 19 2021
Opinion
We Obsess Over Student Debt, What We Need Is Affordable Education
After the Milwaukee town hall on Feb. 16, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have continued to call for President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt — something Biden insists he doesn’t have the authority to do.
The Democratic Party’s push for eliminating debt is not the solution to the growing student loan issue.
As a college president, I
NewsweekNov 02 2021
Background
Parents' Vaccination Intentions for Young Children Steady
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expected to soon issue emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, 55% of parents of children younger than 12 say they would plan to have their child receive it, while 45% would not. These figures have not wavered in monthly readings since May.
This latest update on parental
GallupOct 25 2019
News
DeVos held in contempt of court in loan forgiveness dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court for violating an order to stop collecting loans from thousands of former for-profit college students.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim issued the ruling Thursday in San Francisco. She also fined the Education Department $100,000.
Kim previously ordered DeVos to stop collecting federal
Associated PressMay 06 2021
Opinion
The past year has underscored the need for vigilance in defending the First Amendment
The tumultuous events of the past year have highlighted the First Amendment’s vital role as a pillar of American democracy. They have also underscored the need for vigilance in defending it.
Journalists’ coverage of these events — the pandemic, the nationwide protests denouncing police killings of Black Americans and supporting racial justice, and the bitterly contested presidential
PoynterMar 03 2019
News
Trump pledges university 'free speech' executive order. Here's everything you need to know.
President Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to issue an executive order protecting the right to free speech on college campuses nationwide for students of all political viewpoints. Announced during his two-hour speech at CPAC, Trump said the order would require universities to protect "free speech" in order to remain eligible for federal research grants. "Today I'm proud to announce that I will
The BlazeJun 24 2019
News
Bernie Sanders Announcing 'Revolutionary' Proposal to Erase $1.6T Student Loan Debt
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) is announcing a policy proposal that aims to cancel all $1.6 trillion of American student loan debt.
The socialist candidate's proposal calls for hiking taxes to pay off all college debt, including private and graduate school debt, as part of an initiative to make college free in the United States.
Sanders says the
CBNOct 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
Democrats Seek Intraparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back
Democrats and President Joe Biden are downsizing their multi trillion-dollar spending plan, working to appease key centrist Democrats while preserving top party priorities and advancing the bill in a timely fashion. Biden has reportedly knocked the spending bill's price tag down from $3.5 trillion to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion. Plans for two years of free community college, a $150
AllSides StaffJun 06 2021
News
'Every weekend, it's the same thing': At least 3 dead, 6 injured in Florida graduation party shooting
A shooting at a graduation party has left at least three people dead and six others injured, the latest in a string of shootings in the Miami area, police said Sunday.
The party had just ended at a strip mall parking lot just south of Miami-Dade College around 2 a.m. Sunday. One or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd," Miami-Dade police Director Alfredo "Freddie"
USA TODAYDec 14 2020
News
Electors Meet to Finalize 2020 Vote, amid Post-Election Turmoil
The 538 Electoral College electors will gather in their respective states on Monday to cast ballots for U.S. president, the final step in the certification process before Congress finalizes the count on January 6.
Results will be tabulated, signed, sealed, and sent by registered mail to Vice President Mike Pence.
A number of states have laws that require electors to support the
National Review (News)