Mass Shootings on the Rise, Even As Violent Crime Falls
The public is not generally aware that rates of gun homicide have fallen, but their interest in high-profile massacres may be justified by new criminological research.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jon Christian
With No Clear Trend in Youth Vote, A Challenge Awaits Progressives
Far fewer young people came out to vote during the 2012 election than previously estimated, according to new analysis by Tufts University.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jon Christian
How This North Carolina Bill Will Restrict Health Care for Minors
“Everybody believes that teenagers who can talk to their parents fare better, that the outcomes are much better,” said a Planned Parenthood representative. “But this bill is not going to force the families that are not healthy to be healthy.”
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jenn Nowicki
Why You Can’t Plan on Using Just Financial Aid to Pay For These Schools This Fall
Claremont McKenna College announced it will drop its no-loan policy, shifting the financial burden of higher ed back to students.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Anya Callahan
Divestment: Not Just for Fossil Fuel
This student publication at UC–Berkeley reminds us economic power doesn’t see boundaries, and why student journalism is essential for the future of our country.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 in Journalism Network by Lydia Fiser
You Won’t Believe Which Government Policy Is More Profitable Than Exxon
The Obama administration is expected to gain a $51 billion profit this year from returns on student loans, a sum bigger than the what the nation’s most profitable company earned this year.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Candice Bernd
All You Need to Know About The Heritage’s Problematic Study [LINKS]
The Heritage Foundation’s recent study on the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill is so flawed that even conservatives are distancing themselves.
Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013 by Candice Bernd
Here’s One Way to End Poverty
Give free money to everyone.
Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Opinions by Chris Lewis
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
