Inside the Special Police Unit That’s Transforming How Cops Investigate Sexual Assault
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day near the end of spring semester, a 22-year-old I’ll call Abbie stood in front of a roomful of cops and recounted what happened after she was raped by another student at her college. Standing very still behind a large podium, she described how…
Got Student Loans? Find Out How Much You’ll Really Pay.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More and more Americans are drowning in debt. About 44.7 million Americans currently have student debt, and in 2017 they owed more than $1.3 trillion in student loans—more than two and a half times what they owed 10 years earlier. Meanwhile, it takes them an…
A Firsthand Look at Teachers Training to Pack Heat
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A muscular white man in his mid-40s with a buzz cut and a tight black shirt is barking directions at the crowd: “When you hear the whistle, we’re going to line up against the yellow line on the ground. We’re practicing stance, draw, aim…Stance, draw,…
Educators Are Mad as Hell And They’re Teaching Republicans a Lesson
Elementary school principal Sherrie Conley talks with a voter at a bagel shop in Norman, Okla. Conley ousted a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of last night’s elections are proof that education is a powerful issue in states…
California is One Step Closer to Requiring Colleges to Offer Medication Abortions
Pile of white pills on blue backgroundGetty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require California’s public universities to provide students with medication-based abortions is one step away from becoming law after passing the state Assembly today. It will head back to the Senate for a final concurrence…
You Can Do Everything Right and Still Get Screwed: Student Debt Forgiveness Gone Horribly Wrong.
Sezeryadigar/Herianus/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On this week’s episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, the rage-inducing inside story of America’s student debt machine: how the nation’s flagship loan forgiveness program is failing the very people it’s meant to help. You’ll hear disturbing firsthand accounts of how the mismanaged Public Service Loan…