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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."

Illinois working families face major threat with Rauner primary win

March 24, 2014 By John Bachtell

Working families, organized labor, progressives and other democratic forces face a major threat from the right with billionaire venture capitalist Bruce Rauner.

Coalition takes UPK fight to Albany

March 17, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

Elected officials of all races came from across the city to show their support for the mayor's proposal that UPK be enacted and paid for by taxing those who make $500,000 and up.