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  • Who Needs Debt Forgiveness?

    Who Needs Debt Forgiveness?

    Ah, student debt. 43.3 million Americans have it. And Hillary Clinton feels our pain. As part of her latest platform proposal, the Initiative on Technology & Innovation, Clinton is proposing that a small subset of the currently-afflicted be eligible for some forgiveness, to the tune of $17,500. Sounds like a step in the right direction, at first…

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  • National Nurses Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

    National Nurses Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

    It’s officially election season, and will be for some time to come. Some surprises have thrown the traditional players for a loop, including the rising support for Bernie Sanders. Drawing huge crowds at rallies across the country, and even a bit of controversy along the way, Sanders has galvanized his progressive base. And, as of…

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  • Hillary Clinton’s commitment to civil rights

    Hillary Clinton’s commitment to civil rights

    This article originally appeared on The Hill. By Basil Smikle Jr. On a subfreezing morning in January 2003, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) walked to the pulpit of Trinity Baptist Church’s Martin Luther King Day celebration in the Bronx to make a startlingly rousing speech to their predominantly African-American congregation. Typically, such speeches are principally aspirational —…

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