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    May 24

    Every student and every taxpayer should read this editorial.

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  2. 8 minutes ago

    Read this analysis by about what the study can (and can’t) tell us about the impact of raising the minimum wage.

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  3. 9 minutes ago

    Whoops: Remember when Republicans celebrated the results of a study about Seattle's minimum wage? That study has now been revised. It turns out raising the minimum wage benefited all workers who were employed when the wage increase into effect.

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  4. Oct 19

    Wage growth since 1979: For the bottom 90 percent of workers: 22% For the top 1 percent: 157% For the top 0.1 percent: 343% Via

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  5. Oct 17

    Over 150 Democrats called on Secretary DeVos to release more information about the Department’s failure to faithfully implement the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. To read more, click here:

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  6. Oct 17

    The Department of Labor’s fall regulatory agenda reflects the Trump administration’s broader campaign to undermine safe workplaces and fair wages in every industry.

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  7. Oct 16

    This is a huge victory for student borrowers. Today’s court ruling means that a set of Obama-era regulations, which protect students from predatory for-profit schools, will go into effect immediately. The Dept of Ed should never have delayed these regulations in the first place.

    Court ruling today: borrower defense rule can take effect starting at noon. “No more excuses. No more delays” says lawyer representing two student borrowers involved in the case.
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  8. Oct 15

    . recognizes her attempt to delay relief for defrauded student borrowers has always been unlawful. It should not take a series of legal proceedings to convince the administration to stand with students.

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  9. Oct 13

    Improving access to employment for individuals with disabilities will expand the pool of dedicated and skilled workers for big and small business alike.

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  10. Oct 12

    In fact, ACICS-approved school are performing EVEN WORSE compared to 2016, when the Obama admin first revoked ACICS’s power to accredit schools. But – despite all the evidence – the Trump administration is planning to allow ACICS to continue accrediting poor-performing schools.

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  11. Oct 12

    The report found: 1. 70% of students at ACICS-approved colleges end up earning no more than a high school graduate who doesn't go to college at all. 2. Students at ACICS-approved colleges are 2x as likely to have unmanageable debt. This is costing both students and taxpayers.

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  12. Oct 12

    A new report - just released by - clearly shows that Secretary DeVos will harm both students and taxpayers if she follows that recommendation.

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  13. Oct 12

    THREAD: 2 weeks ago, a senior Education Dept official (who is also a former for-profit college exec) issued a recommendation: should grant ACICS an additional year as a recognized college accreditor. ACICS has a record of accrediting predatory for-profit schools.

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  14. Oct 11

    “Congress must take direct action to ensure workers get their fair share of economic growth. That means protecting workers’ freedom to join unions and negotiate for better wages…” Read Ranking Member ’s statement on the September jobs report:

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  15. Oct 10

    It’s disappointing that Senate Republicans just rejected an effort to protect consumers and ensure all Americans have access to affordable health care.

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  16. Oct 10

    The Trump administration's move to expand junk health plans threatens coverage for millions with pre-existing conditions. House and Senate Democrats introduced resolutions to block it.

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  17. Oct 9

    It’s fitting that President Trump’s first veto threat is on a resolution seeking to protect patients with pre-existing conditions.

    The White House has just issued the first veto threat of the Trump administration. It's on a resolution of disapproval for regulations that would expand short-term health insurance that was touted as an alternative to Obamacare.
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  18. Retweeted
    Oct 9

    Updated! Our income-driven repayment policy modeling tool now includes the Aim Higher proposal. And you can even customize your own income offset phaseout!

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  19. Oct 6

    Rising health care costs and stagnant wages are negatively impacting workers across the country and preventing families from preparing for the future.

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  20. Oct 5

    This "editing error" calls into the question the factual basis for the Department’s decision. ACICS sent the Department thousands of pages of exhibits to support its case. None of those documents have been made available to the public. They should be released immediately.

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  21. Oct 5

    But there’s a problem: Many of the respected accreditors listed as having sent letters in support of ACICS…deny ever having sent letters in support of ACICS. The Department says this was an “inadvertent error in the editing process.”

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