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Campus Progress, USAction Education Fund Release Reports On State Impact of Stafford Loan Hike
Washington D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress, Campus Progress, and the USAction Education Fund released reports detailing how an increase in the Stafford student loan interest rate would impact a number of states. These
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New Reports: How a Student Loan Increase Would Affect States
The Center for American Progress, Campus Progress, and USAction Education Fund released new reports today that detail what an increase in the interest rate on Stafford student loans would mean for several states. If
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The Economic Story Progressives Need to Tell
By Richard Kirsch (Originally posted at NextNewDeal.net) In his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush vowed to protect Medicare two sentences after he trashed “nationalized health care.” The fact that
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‘Hardly Working’ Report In the News
To read the intro or download the full report, click here. “For Jobless, Little Hope of Restoring Better Days,” New York Times, December 2, 2011 “Report highlights jobless workers’ stories of frustration, despair and economic
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For the full PDF of Hardly Working, click here. Introduction At minimum, 14 million Americans are unemployed. At least 26 million are un- or underemployed.We crunch the monthly unemployment reports until our brains are
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JOBS Week of Action!
Last week was jobs week in America. Across the country, more than a dozen USAction Education Fund partners engaged in activities to promote the need for immediate, robust action to turn our economy around. The Good
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We are the 99%: A Progressive Narrative in One Powerful Phrase
By: Richard Kirsch One of the most common criticisms of progressives is that, unlike the right, we don’t have simple messages that tell our story. Our young leaders at Occupy Wall Street have come
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