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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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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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Looking to the labor lessons of the past and to our vision for an inclusive, organized future.
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The real moral hazard is ignoring the student debt cataclysm and its effect on the economy

“Not only are students of color more likely to borrow more for a degree, and borrow in higher amounts for the same degree, but they’re more likely to struggle to repay student loans than white students."
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Bob Hennelly

The real moral hazard is ignoring the student debt cataclysm and its effect on the economy

“Not only are students of color more likely to borrow more for a degree, and borrow in higher amounts for the same degree, but they’re more likely to struggle to repay student loans than white students."
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Bob Hennelly
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Disenfranchisement in US Prisons Thrives on Historically Racist Policies

The justice system has been deployed against people of color to imprison would-be-voters and keep political power in the hands of white men.
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With Democracy Dollars, Everyone Can Give - And Our Democracy Can Thrive

Campaign finance reforms help address the racial and economic injustices that continue to plague our democracy.
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Elizabeth Warren's student debt plan reopens fight on how to deal with the college crisis

"Regardless of dollar amount, the existence of debt is far riskier for low-income and middle-income households."
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Katie Lobosco

Elizabeth Warren’s plan to cancel student debt has its origins in Occupy Wall Street

"The justification for student debt as the primary way we pay for college has been in part based on the assumption that we’ll have consumer protections in place, and we’ll try to make it as painless as possible for people."
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Jillian Berman

Elizabeth Warren’s Student Debt Plan: An Outsized Economic Boon for People of Color

The dramatic rise in student loan debt has placed unacceptable risk on working-class families and on people of color, who must take on more debt for the same degree as white students.
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Mark Huelsman

Elizabeth Warren is trying to tackle the skyrocketing cost of education with a plan to forgive student-loan debt and offer free college — but experts are divided on her ambitious idea

"The potential of this plan is that it increases public investment back to levels we saw when college was much more affordable, and it pegs it to a price for students."
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Eliza Relman

Demos Pushes for Affordable Housing

Demos is calling on policymakers to aggressively invest in affordable rental housing units to help American families build wealth.
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Florida Must Provide Comprehensive Bilingual Voting Assistance

Demos and our partners are committed to working with Florida's Secretary to create a robust set of rules that fully protect the right of Spanish-speaking Floridians to have their voices heard in the democratic process.
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