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Amid billions owed in student loans, U.S. taps law firms to recoup small debts from long ago
Adriene McNally received an unwanted gift on her 49th birthday in January: a notice that the federal government had placed a lien on her ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:17Attacking the NEA does not put ‘America first’
I thought about my grandmother last week, when Donald J. Trump unrolled a federal budget proposal that, to no on ...
8 years ago
I voted for Donald Trump — and I want to keep the ACA
I still support most of what President Trump is doing. But there is one thing on which I'm disagreeing with him. I regret voting against my own interests.
8 years ago
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee refuses to stand up for ordinary working Americans
From the cops policing our streets to the judges in our courts, our justice system is one of the most important demonstrations ...
8 years ago
Ill-conceived ‘waters of the U.S.’ rule faces regulatory rollback
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected ...
8 years ago
Targeting of nationalities and not individuals is why Trump’s travel ban fails
There is a general consensus in the U.S. that we need to protect ourselves and not allow people who wish us harm to pass through our bord ...
8 years ago
The Electoral College is in need of an adjustment
Is the Electoral College a ridiculous relic or an essential element of democracy? Should Congress dismantle it? Do better alternatives exist?
8 years ago
Change we can believe in — dreaming of Thanksgiving without the ‘big bird’
Why is it that on the holiday devoted to thankfulness we eat our least-favorite food? I’m not talking about the “sides” ...
8 years ago
Pop culture is the new president
Last week, America promoted Donald Trump from being the boss of a reality TV show to being the boss of the nation. This is a historic fir ...
8 years ago
The embattled aftermath of the Bernie Sanders campaign
The broad base rallied by Bernie Sanders appears to remain disjointed and undirected. What can these people build, now that their objective has been deferred?
8 years ago
A man recently told me that, although he isn’t voting for Trump, he has never “liked” Hillary. When I asked why, he rep ...
8 years ago
Heading toward change from impossible heartache
The week that Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot down was one of the most emotionally draining weeks for me, my black communit ...
8 years ago
Norristown comes into focus as Cosby hearing begins
On Tuesday, as preliminary hearings in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial got underway, a swarm of media descended on the Montgomery ...
9 years ago
The 5th plane to be seized on 9/11, and the terrorists who got away
Have you heard about the airliner which was ordered back to the gate on 9/11 when the terrorist attacks began, only to have four young Ar ...
14 years ago