The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Obama Calls for "Free and Universal" Community College
“I want to make it free because, in America, a quality education cannot be a privilege reserved for the few.”
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You Are Not A Loan: It's Time To Reduce Student Debt To Zero
The entire structure of financing higher education in the U.S. is broken – and superficial reform means nothing until we make tuition free.
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U.C. Davis Protesters Occupy Campus: "Raise Tuition and We'll Raise Hell"
Students are rejecting a proposed tuition hike that would raise their costs by more than $3,300 over the next five years.
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Spending Not Lending: How Government Can End the Student Debt Crisis Today
Instead of loaning students money, the federal government could just pay for the tuition without causing any significant economic problems. There is no fiscal reason why the student debt crisis should exist.
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Do Democrats Want To Fix Inequality – Or Just Complain About It?
Inequality is all anybody can talk about, except Democrats on the campaign trail who desperately need to turn out the very people so disproportionately affected by it: young and minority voters.
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As Tennessee Law Offers Free College Tuition, Other States Prepare to Follow
A new bill provides two years of tuition at a community college for participating high school grads who might otherwise face a 7.5 percent unemployment rate – and other states are already following suit.
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Occupy Group Strike Debt Buys and Abolishes $4 Million in Everest College Student Loans
The Rolling Jubilee group that grew out of Occupy Wall Street has purchased and eliminated a portfolio of private student loans worth millions at Corinthian Colleges in California.
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We Won't Pay: America's Student Loan Crisis
Borrowers with federal student loans appear to be buckling under the weight of their debt, as more than half of Direct Loans – the most common type of federal student loan – aren't being repaid on time or as expected.
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Do Not Forgive, Do Not Forget: These 37 U.S. Senators Just Voted Against Students
There is no economic argument against the student loan refinancing bill that Republicans killed this week in Congress, which would have stimulated the economy by putting $63 billion into struggling peoples' pockets.
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Why Free Higher Education Is a Human Right – Even in America
How can we deny a higher education to any young person in this country just because she or he can’t afford it?
