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Stealing Students’ Dreams to Give Billionaires Tax Breaks

Stealing Students’ Dreams to Give Billionaires Tax Breaks

| Feb 25, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedPresident Trump has declared that he has “won affordability.” In his State of the Union speech, he even bragged that he’s bringing costs “way down on health care and everything else.” In reality, the Trump administration is making it much harder for working families...
This Graduation Season, Debt Relief Still Feels Out of Reach for Young Borrowers

This Graduation Season, Debt Relief Still Feels Out of Reach for Young Borrowers

| May 8, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedCollege is expensive — and for most Americans, higher education is still largely unaffordable. The cost of college continues to rise at rates that salaries and income aren’t keeping up with. This is especially true for low-income and working-class students who must...
Young People Can’t Sit on the Sidelines on Social Security

Young People Can’t Sit on the Sidelines on Social Security

| Jul 12, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy“The most important advice about saving for retirement is this,” the New York Times’ retirement savings guide begins: “Start now.” If young Americans had a nickel for every time they got that advice, well… they wouldn’t have to worry about retirement. But many young...
The Supreme Court’s Gone Rogue and Americans Are Suffering For It

The Supreme Court’s Gone Rogue and Americans Are Suffering For It

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn older generation remembers President Richard Nixon desperately insisting, during the Watergate scandal, “I am not a crook.” Along the same lines, right-wing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett implores, “this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan...
Student Debt Forgiveness Is a Win-Win for Our Country

Student Debt Forgiveness Is a Win-Win for Our Country

| Apr 5, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans. I spent over two decades paying off my federal student loans — and...
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