The national debt is a meaningless number. (Common Dreams) I keep asking this question because whining over the government debt looks to be a huge growth sector in the next year or two, or perhaps ...
It is long past time to recognize that the cruel experiment in financing higher education through student loans has failed. The democratic principle of tuition-free education in our country pre-dates the founding of the United ...
The future of school choice with COVID-19 may be playing out in suburban communities like Wake County, North Carolina, and it isn’t pretty. While sheltering with her family during the pandemic, dealing with the challenges ...
Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in ...
“There is no reason a person should pay more than 15% interest in the United States. It’s common sense – in fact, we had these Usury laws until the 70s.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 2020 ...
District court judge sued by six residents he’s sent to jail on the grounds that they weren’t paying off their debts. Six Arkansas residents have sued Judge Mark Derrick for jailing them due to inability ...
In 1974, a legendary bond trader from Salomon Brothers brokered a covert do-or-die deal that would reshape U.S. – Saudi relations for generations, and not become public knowledge until a report from Bloomberg in 2016. ...
Riding His Harley to Abolish Medical Debt To many of the families who are helped, medical debt forgiveness may mean the difference between having adequate food and heat or going to bed hungry and cold. ...
America’s current economic situation is not one of financial security or encouraging growth. Below the surface of our 106+ month-long “recovery,” now the second longest on record, is a sense of anxious anarchy in American ...
More than 40 percent of American households cannot afford rent, transportation, childcare, or a cellphone, according to a new study from the United Way Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed Project, obtained by Axios. U.S. households ...
5 facts to know about the student loan debt problem. Is the college debt bubble going to cause the next recession? 1.Trillions in debt 2. Sky rocketing tuition costs 3. Sky rocketing text book costs ...
Reposted from Bloomberg.com by Andrea Wong, May 20, 2016 Failure was not an option. It was July 1974. A steady predawn drizzle had given way to overcast skies when William Simon, newly appointed U.S. Treasury ...