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What Would You Do If Your Kid Was Disabled, Dependent on Medicaid and in Trouble?
At least 4,400 disabled children of low- and middle-income families receive help from Medicaid in Colorado. Here’s their story.
Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Cristina Mora Jiluta
Borrowers of Color Need More Options to Reduce Their Student-Loan Debt
Offering students of color more ways to reduce their student debt, including refinancing their loans, would boost to the economy and ensure a better future for communities of color.
Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013 by Sophia Kerby
Plan B’s Plan C
The outcome of an appeal filed by the Administration on Monday will determine whether emergency contraception remains restricted or becomes opened to girls and women of all ages.
Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013 by Anya Callahan
Senate Democrats Tackle Stafford Loan Rates With New Proposal
A bill that would prevent Stafford loan interest rates from doubling by closing “egregious” tax loopholes.
Posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
As Tuition Aid for the Poor Withers, Awards for the Wealthy Ratchet Up
Many private and public colleges and universities award merit, rather than need-based, aid to attract wealthy students.
Posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by Molly Savard
Why Did 250,000 People Sign This Student Loan Petition?
Because giving the “same deal” to students and big banks doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.
Posted Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Why Millennials Aren’t Lazy, Entitled Narcissists
Dear Joel Stein of Time Magazine: You are a troll, and you are wrong. Love, Millennials.
Posted Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Emily Crockett
How America is Falling Behind in Global Race to Expand Reproductive Rights
Unprecedented restrictions on abortions in the United States fly in the face of growing international support for women’s reproductive health.
Posted Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Jenn Nowicki
Tech Leaders ‘Unfriend’ Mark Zuckerberg’s New Group Over Keystone XL Ads
Two tech leaders left Mark Zuckerberg’s new group in protest of the organization’s ads supporting the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 by Candice Bernd
To This Longtime Gun Owner, An Unrecognizable Industry
One gun owner now eschews what he has come to see as a culture of violence and paranoia.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 by Marc Peters
After Mother’s Day, Helping Soon-to-Be Mother’s In the Workplace
Pregnant workers can be fired for sitting down on shift, carrying a water bottle, or using the bathroom unless something’s done.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 by Pauline Holdsworth
Preventing Domestic Abusers and Stalkers from Accessing Guns
Weaknesses in federal law and law enforcement leave untold numbers of women vulnerable to gun violence committed by men who have harassed, stalked, threatened, and terrorized them, often for years.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 in Reprints by Winnie Stachelberg, Arkadi Gerney, Chelsea Parsons, and Megan Knauss
No Shortage of Science Majors—But We Still Need More
We’re producing more STEM grads than the market needs, but that doesn’t mean society couldn’t use more of them.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 by Chris Lewis
Mama’s Day: Advocacy, Community and a New Conversation About Motherhood
It’s Mother’s Day today. For many, that means reflecting on the disconnect between the families we love and the images celebrated on gift cards.
Posted Sunday, May 12, 2013 by Pauline Holdsworth
How Young Americans Get Better Jobs—Hint: You Don’t Just Get A Degree
Why education attainment isn’t the turn-key solution for producing quality jobs for Americans.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Chris Lewis
How Young People Can Bail Themselves Out
Part of the answer may be unions, as youth leaders learned and discussed at the AFL-CIO’s Youth Economic Policy Forum.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Emily Crockett
What If ‘Hetero’ Was the New ‘Homo’?
A short film shows audiences what a heterophobic world would look like.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Molly Savard
#TrademarkFail: How Disney Tried To Own ‘Día de los Muertos’
Not that the holiday is an important Latino cultural tradition or anything.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Why State Support for Marriage Equality Is Gaining Momentum
In part, Millennials.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Lydia Fiser
Missouri’s New Gun Law Criminalizes Federal Officers for Doing Job, Pushes Guns into Schools
but is it constitutional?
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Emily Crockett
