Taxing Wealth to Make Public College Free Again
A California campaign is pushing to add an innovative initiative to the November ballot. The plan: make public higher education tuition-free by restoring the estate tax.
Education
A Serious Push for Free College in California
A ballot initiative campaign to restore tuition-free college in California is gaining momentum for the November election, a model other states could follow.
A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All
America's left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund higher education for all.
Teaching About Economic Inequality Is Political, but Not the Way You Think
A new study finds that teachers' civic engagement — not their ideology — drives conversations on inequality in public school classrooms.
Republicans Are Right: Going to College Hurts
Women owe two-thirds of the nation’s outstanding $1.3 trillion student loan debt.
Student Debt Means Fewer Public Servants — and More Bankers
Indebted students trained for public service are instead cutting bait and heading for Wall Street.
Student Debt Benefits No One
Exploding student debt is a drain on our nation's young people and on the economy. An alternative system is possible if debtors come together to demand change.
To Save Main Street, Tax Wall Street
Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans is drying up our heartland communities and squelching opportunities for young people. All too often these days, large U.S. corporations and Wall Street banks...
Another For-Profit College Folds
The closure of ITT Tech should be a warning to other educational institutions looking to make a dime at the expense of students.