While states and the federal government are investing more in financial aid than in the past, those increases have failed to keep...
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For those who make the investment, college graduation is supposed to signify the transition from training for life to living it. But for many young adults in the...
April 25, 2012
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Catherine Ruetschlin
America’s experiment with the debt-for-diploma system has officially failed. Total student loan debt in the U.S. now tops $1 trillion – an unprecedented sum that represents the...
April 25, 2012
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Tamara Draut
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been quietly advancing a radical right-wing agenda at the state level for decades. Their efforts recently came under fire when it was discovered...
April 25, 2012
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Mijin Cha
Forget the potential for an unpleasant October surprise emanating in Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan or North Korea. The biggest threat to Barack Obama's re-election is the economic folly of...
April 25, 2012
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Robert Kuttner
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America’s experiment with the debt-for-diploma system has officially failed. Total student loan debt in the U.S. now tops $1 trillion – an unprecedented sum that represents the unprecedented...
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Climate change poses a tremendous threat to Florida. Sea level rise, more intense precipitation, and stronger hurricanes increase the risk of natural disaster and imperil the state’s economy and its...
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Not so long ago debt "was a four-letter word when spoken in the same breath as "retirement." Before waltzing into their golden years, older...
April 25, 2012
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CNN Money
For those who make the investment, college graduation is supposed to signify the transition from training for life to living it. But for many...
April 25, 2012
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The American Prospect
Bob Herbert explained on MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes" that the American public needs to...
April 23, 2012
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For a while there, Glenn Beck seemed to be the very embodiment of American conservatism circa 2009...
In an interview with Rolling Stone, President Obamasaid that the 2012 election will be "as sharp a...
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Like thousands of you, I was absolutely gobsmacked by my editor Gabriel Arana's piece, "My So-...