12 million workers are set to lose federal unemployment benefits the day after Christmas if Republican lawmakers continue withholding funding for federal COVID-19 relief programs, according to a new Century Foundation report.
The study's authors, Andrew...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim handed down a contempt of court ruling for United States Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Kim ordered a lawsuit to go “full-steam ahead” after the DeVos-led Education...
"I’m not sending anyone to jail yet, but it’s good to know I have that ability."
This is what U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim reportedly told Education Department lawyers last week about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Kim...
Remember just before the end of 2017 when Donald Trump signed into law the Republican “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?”
Trump claimed he and lawmakers “reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher wages and massive...
52 wealthy people have been charged with fraud for participating in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme, the largest college admissions scandal the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has ever prosecuted.
This is a big...
A key component of the progressive agenda is the call for tuition-free higher education at public colleges and universities.
It is something many opponents argue is infeasible, despite the fact that at one time several prominent...
On Thursday, the Education Department selected two firms to help collect unpaid student loans.
But if there is one thing we have come to understand the past year about this department under Secretary Betsy DeVos, it's that partisan...
Who knew an Education Secretary would garner so much press?
Normally a low-profile job, Betsy DeVos has elevated her position to unprecedentedly controversial levels.
Upon assuming her role as the nation’s education advocate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos decided to...
Amid the glaring problems with the Republicans' rewrite of our tax code, there is another issue that should concern us--time.
Is there enough of it to allow America to adjust to the changes since several provisions in...
Well, it happened.
Early Saturday morning, Senate Republicans narrowly passed the most sweeping tax reform bill in three decades.
President Donald Trump is now steps away from his first legislative victory.
In the 51-49 vote requiring frenetic last-minute revision, Republicans...
Have you ever spent a work day thinking about bills and how you'll pay them? Full disclosure: That was me, today. I was sitting at my desk and before I knew it, my teeth were...
After a few months of relative quiet, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finds herself once again in the headlines for her conflicts of interest with for-profit colleges.
The Obama Administration set in place policies requiring the U.S. Education...
This fall, college students are going to be slapped with even more debt when borrowing for college. President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating subsidized federal student loans, which will significantly raise interest rates for student...
Due to her vested interests in financial institutions profiting from student loan debt, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may be complicit when the next financial meltdown occurs.
The Obama administration put in place policies requiring the US Education Department to...
Student debt is economically crippling a generation of Americans seeking higher education.
So what is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos doing about it? About what we would expect any other member of President Donald Trump's cabinet to do:...
In fewer than 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has managed to get himself a personal FBI investigation, a tepid-at-best relationship with allies Germany and Australia, not one but two federal court blockages of his Muslim...
In 2007, The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program was enacted. This program promises to forgive the student loans of those who work in a variety of public service jobs.
"The program generally covers people with federal student...
It sounded like it could be coming from the mouth of Vermont's famously progressive, Democratic Socialist Senator. The sentiment expressed by the President of the Federal Reserve sounded more like it was coming from one Bernie's...
If you thought that the Republicans were the party of law and order, think again. Common Dreams and the Washington Post report that Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, ran a Political Action Committee...
As we begin the long, painful process of post election analysis, progressives should reflect on the lessons learned during the Occupy Wall Street movement.
When the movement first arose in the fall of 2011, it was in...
