Sanders and Warren Have Very Different Plans to Fix Student Debt
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference to discuss his college affordability legislation in Washington on Monday June 24, 2019.Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP Bernie Sanders just took his long-running war against the high cost of college to a whole new level: He’s introducing a bill to cancel all $1.6 trillion outstanding student…
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
erhui1979/Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, its press release did not reveal the unusual terms for the grant. Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation,…
Democratic Candidates Seem Pretty Confused About Medicare for All
Cory Booker speaks at a 2017 news conference in supporter of Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill.Andrew Harnik/AP The lead author of the House of Representatives’ Medicare for All bill has been reaching out to Democratic presidential campaigns in an effort to remedy what she views as misrepresentations of the legislation by some of the…
Presidential Candidates Are Trying to Prevent Sexual Misconduct—in Their Own Campaigns
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stands to her left.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Veteran campaign staffers are likely to notice some big changes around the office when they report for work in the…
Warren and Sanders are Talking Tough About Corporate Control of Food
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s ready to take on Big Ag interests. Steven Senne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Food and farm policy rarely plays a major role in US presidential elections. But Democratic hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders may be about to change that. In a Medium post…
Bernie Sanders Officially Kicks Off His 2020 Campaign With a Return to Brooklyn
Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives on stage before launching his 2020 presidential campaign in Brooklyn.Craig Ruttle/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont kicked off his second presidential campaign at a rally on Saturday just a few miles from the Brooklyn apartment where he grew up. He told…