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Top student loan official resigns, says Trump admin. serves financial companies
August 27, 2018“You have used the bureau to serve the wishes of the most powerful financial companies in America,” Frotman wrote in his resignation letter.
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Kavanaugh says Trump can’t face trial; women say Kavanaugh can’t be on SCOTUS
August 24, 2018Kavanaugh’s statement saying a president should not be subject to criminal trials or even testimony while in office has working women and unions taking to the streets.
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Not just Flint: Schools across America find lead in their water
August 24, 2018Experts say lead damages children’s brains, neurological systems and overall development.
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Working families finally earn more than they did in 2000
August 24, 2018If wages start eating into corporate profits, the Federal Reserve will respond with interest rate hikes to slow down economic activity and weaken labor’s bargaining power.
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Mother wins stay of deportation during hunger strike
August 23, 2018Salma Sikander had been ordered to return to Bangladesh four days before her only son was to enter Quinnipiac University, the first in his family to attend college.
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