Protecting Our ‘Opportunity’ to Remain Plutocratic
The Supreme Court is erasing our shared responsibility for educating each and every child.
College Football Coaches Making $25,000 a Day? Let’s Sideline This Lunacy!
The gridiron game has a penalty for illegal holding. We need one for hoarding.
Help Today’s College Students as We Did for Previous Generations
Can you imagine being 22 and having $150,000 in debt? This is generational abuse.
The Real College Admissions Scandal
Wealthy families have rigged college admissions for generations, but they want you to blame affirmative action.
Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Each Received Over a Billion Dollars in New Donations Last Year
Inequality in America’s system of higher education runs deep. Here’s why you should care.
How to Offer Free College in California
Restore the state estate tax.
Back When College Was Debt-Free
America’s largest state once offered residents a world-class, debt-free college education. It could again, and so could your state.
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.
No, Affirmative Action Isn’t Keeping White Students Down
Enrollment rates are still higher for whites than blacks or Latinos. Now is the worst time to roll back affirmative action.
Here’s Your Diploma, Graduates — and Your Debt
44 million households now hold $1.4 trillion of student debt.
The Best Education Our Money Can Buy
Taxpayers are subsidizing the private universities that service America’s rich.
I Have a Master’s Degree and I’m Still Poor
Student debt can make any career path perilous — especially if you change your mind.
Don’t Spend Your Money on Already Rich Schools
A wildly popular new podcast challenges firmly held beliefs around social mobility and our education system.
The DNC’s Draft Policy Agenda Shows a Major Shift in the Financial Transactions Tax Debate
Advocates will continue to push for the tax on Wall Street that could raise billions in revenue over 10 years.
A Commencement Address for the Most Indebted Class Ever
The average debt for a college graduate is $37,000 and the system is trying to squeeze you harder than any generation before. But it doesn’t have to be this way.