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Debt, climate change, immigration top student agenda

March 25, 2014 By Lisa Bergmann

College and graduate students from across the nation met at the 45th annual "Grassroots Legislative Conference," hosted by the United States Student Association, which has strong ties with the labor movement.

U.S. covered up massive PCB contamination at Okinawa base

March 25, 2014 By Susan Webb

U.S. military officials did not report the contamination to Japanese authorities, and did nothing to alleviate the contamination.

Despite snow, students lobby for #DebtFreeFuture

March 24, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

College students face many issues today, including raising tuition rates and cuts to programs. Student loan debt topped $1 trillion and is expected to reach (and even surpass) $1.3 trillion.

Michigan same-sex marriage ban overturned, but not for long

March 24, 2014 By John Rummel

We were "excited, nervous, just like everyone else would feel," said Kim Hettinger and MaryAnn Northcote of Waterford.

Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor

March 24, 2014 By Susan Webb

"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."