New, Invasive Online Surveillance Bill Rears Its Head
Activists say CISPA is more threatening than SOPA and PIPA.
Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Malcolm Lumpkins
LIVE UPDATES: Occupy, Labor, Immigrant Groups Hold ‘May Day’ Protests Nationwide
Live coverage of protests by Occupy, labor, and immigration activists from our partners across the country.
Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Media Consortium Reporters
Lobby Day Signup
Register for a #Don’tDoubleMyRate Lobby Day in Your Community.
Posted Monday, April 30, 2012
Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story
Tell us why keeping the interest rate on student loans low is important to you, or how letting the interest rate double would impact you.
Posted Monday, April 30, 2012
POLL: Three of Four Arizonians Favor the DREAM ACT
Despite the harsh climate created by SB 1070, Arizonians overwhelming support a path to citizenship for young undocumented people.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Obama Targets For-Profit College’s Predatory Recruiting of Service Members, Veterans
The president will sign an executive order today cracking down on abuses of the G.I. Bill funding by for-profit colleges.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 by Brian Stewart
HBO’s ‘Girls’—More Progressive Than Carrie Bradshaw, But Still White-Only
Lena Dunham is young, critically acclaimed and talented—but the show’s creators must have forgotten that not everyone in New York City is white.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Reviews by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
INFOGRAPHIC: House Republican Cuts for Kids by the Numbers
Wealthy special interests win out over child protection services and nutrition assistance.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Reprints by Melissa Boteach
GOP Proposes Cuts In Prevention To Keep Student Loan Interest Rates From Doubling
In order to keep Stafford loan rates low, House Speaker John Boehner has proposed cutting elsewhere.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Reprints by Igor Volsky
During President Obama’s Visit, UNC Students Discuss #DontDoubleMyRate
Students discuss the importance of affordable higher education.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Journalism Network & Video / Multimedia by Campus Blue Print
Occupy Targets Finance Sector With Wave of ‘Sleepful Protests’
Protesters are getting creative with new, lawful sleep-out tactics—but police have still been cracking down.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 by Emily Crockett
LIVE: #whilewewatch, Occupy Documentary, Streaming Nationwide [8 PM]
The film documents Occupy Wall Street and its media team.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Emily Crockett
Theatre of the Absurd: Former For-Profit College Advisor Takes His Story of Corruption to the Stage
An actor who once worked as a for-profit college admissions advisor has turned his year-long experience into a one-man traveling show.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Reporting by Emily Crockett
How Student Debt Impacts Students of Color
An interest rate hike will disproportionately hurt these students.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Reprints by Sophia Kerby
Rush Limbaugh Attacks Sandra Fluke Again, Now Over Stafford Loans
The radio host went after Sandra Fluke again, accusing her of working with “operatives inside the White House.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by Kellan Schmidt
SCOTUS Hears Arguments Against Arizona’s SB 1070, Protesters Gather Outside [VIDEO]
On the first day of oral arguments, protestors gathered at the Supreme Court steps to denounce the anti-immigrant SB 1070.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Video / Multimedia by Naima Ramos-Chapman & Tara Kutz
In Conference Call, President Obama Addresses Stafford Loan Rate Issue
Obama: “The bottom line here is we can’t just cut our way to prosperity.”
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Summer Dowd-Lukesh
WATCH LIVE: Obama Speaks on #DontDoubleMyRate in Iowa City
The president will speak from the University of Iowa at 2:20 p.m. Eastern.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Video / Multimedia
