A new book shows how federal higher education funding's high ideals often ran aground. But there are solutions to the crisis.

Student Loan Debt: From Educational Opportunity to Generational Grievance: The history of student loan debt shows how noble programs and soaring tuition have often left too many students underwater.

Student Loan Debt: From Educational Opportunity to Generational Grievance: The history of student loan debt shows how noble programs and soaring tuition have often left too many students underwater.

James Kvaal served as under secretary at the U.S. Department of Education from September 2021 to January 2025. @JamesKvaal on Twitter; @kvaal.bsky.social on Blue Sky.

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A.

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The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and ...

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American ...

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American ...

As Trump’s $45 million military pageant fizzled, millions joined protests, a political assassination shook Minnesota, and Israel launched surprise strikes on Iran. Our editors make sense of a ...

As Trump’s $45 million military pageant fizzled, millions joined protests, a political assassination shook Minnesota, and Israel launched surprise strikes on Iran. Our editors make sense of a ...

Trump is waging war on renewable energy, such as wind and solar, even while feigning an all-of-the-above approach.