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Students

'Crushing Defeat' for DeVos as Federal Judge Rules She Illegally Delayed Relief for Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

Rebuking Trump CFPB for Only Serving Nation's "Most Powerful Financial Companies," Student Loan Watchdog Resigns

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau

"The bureau's new political leadership has repeatedly undercut and undermined career CFPB staff working to secure relief for consumers."

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'Call It Like It Is': After Texas Shooting, Progressives Say Refusal to Take on NRA Leading to 'Slaughter After Slaughter'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We should all be outraged by the lack of action from too many lawmakers who do...

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DeVos 'Corruption Racket' Continues as Education Dept Shuts Down Probes Into Predatory Colleges

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Betsy DeVos

"The U.S. Department of Education sells out to the for-profit college industry."

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mulvaney

'War on Students': Consumer Advocates Warn Mulvaney's Moves at CFPB Will Lead to 'Open Season on Borrowers'

March for Our Lives

Ahead of 'March for Our Lives,' Student Manifesto Outlines Steps to Eradicate 'Plague of Gun Violence'

'More Evidence Trump Is Scared of the NRA': White House Retreats From Call to Raise Gun Purchasing Age

Teacher on Leave After Allegedly Assaulting Student Who Refused to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

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Ursula Wolfe-Rocca

Teaching More Civics Will Not Save Us From Trump

Steven Singer

Wealth—Not Enrollment in Private School—Increases Student Achievement, According to New Study

Belle Chesler

Students as Teachers: Facing the World Adults Are Wrecking

Abel McDaniels

Teachers and Students Walkout: Call Bullshit on Apartheid Schools in the Nation’s Capital

Gary Olson

A Few Thoughts on the March for Our Lives

Jeff Biggers

My Kid Doesn’t Need Permission To Walk Out

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