THE POVERTY CONSORTIUM

Harold Ray Crews, attorney and chairman of the North Carolina chapter of the neo-Confederate hate group League of the South, must attend a hearing Feb. 21 to determine whether the state bar association will suspend his law license. → READ MORE...

For the fourth consecutive year, the Trump administration and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have proposed substantial cuts to the U.S. Department of Education's budget. If Congress enacts their proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021, it would reduce the department's total funding by $5.6 billion—a cut of nearly 8 → READ MORE...

Too few students today have access to a quality, high-return college education, particularly if they come from historically marginalized communities. A grave student debt problem, persistent disparate outcomes by race and income, and bad institutional actors who prey on society's most vulnerable populations to make a profit are just a → READ MORE...

This column contains a correction. Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has reportedly been fighting for months about how to devise a student debt plan that could compete with proposals from progressive leaders. It's not clear yet whether it will achieve this. What is clear, however, is that the draconian cuts → READ MORE...