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We Have an Opportunity to Transform Higher Education for the Better. It’s Time to Do So.

An analysis of the House's recently introduced College Affordability Act.
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October 10, 2019
Mark Huelsman
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Our Playbook for 2020 and Beyond

Our communities are threatened, and our democracy is falling apart. Why any real solution requires understanding civic power and then building it.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
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We Have an Opportunity to Transform Higher Education for the Better. It’s Time to Do So.

An analysis of the House's recently introduced College Affordability Act.
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Mark Huelsman
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Why Any Legitimate Climate Change Policy Must Have Racial Justice at Its Core

The future of our planet demands that we recognize our historic inequities and prioritize those who have been most impacted by climate change throughout history.
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Trisha Hahn
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Why Any Legitimate Climate Change Policy Must Have Racial Justice at Its Core

The future of our planet demands that we recognize our historic inequities and prioritize those who have been most impacted by climate change throughout history.
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Trisha Hahn

The Connection Between Student Loan Debt And The Racial Wealth Gap

“Education is supposed to be the great equalizer in America."
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Donna Owens

How wiping out $1.5 trillion in student debt would boost the economy

"You can’t talk about student debt without talking about the Great Recession."
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Jillian Berman
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This Labor Day: Four Policy Ideas for a More Inclusive Labor Movement

Looking to the labor lessons of the past and to our vision for an inclusive, organized future.
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K. Sabeel Rahman
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Eligible Ohio Voters Purged Through 2019 May Cast Provisional Ballots Through 2022 and Votes Will Be Counted

Eligible Voters Purged Through 2019 May Cast Provisional Ballots Through 2022 and Votes Will Be Counted
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Greta Thunberg Successfully Arrives in New York to Urge Climate Action

"I think Greta has been able to speak truth to power in a way that has resonated with a lot of young people who are frustrated, who have lived their whole lives seeing inaction on climate change."
In the media
Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez

SEIU, Demos, voting rights advocates stop right-wing group’s voter suppression effort in Florida Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejects effort of American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) to force Florida election officials to purge eligible voter

"The Eleventh Circuit’s unanimous decision affirmed our client’s victory at trial all the way around—providing a strong precedent for fighting efforts by right-wing groups to twist the NVRA into a tool for voter suppression."
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‘Free College’ a Tough Sell Even in State With Highest Student Debt

“There’s a generational fairness issue."
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Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou

Stripe will pay $1 million a year to take carbon out of the air — but will it work?

“It doesn’t address a lot of the co-pollutants that are also produced in fossil fuel combustion that have public health impacts.”
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Justine Calma

Burden of student debt not 'being felt equally': report

“It’s a lot of debt out there. But that debt and the burden of that debt is not necessarily being felt equally. It’s extremely difficult for borrowers of color in particular."
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Ralston Ramsay