(2022-05-24). Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People. otherwords.org I borrowed money to pay for college. Like 45 million other Americans who did the same, I owe student loan debt. | My generation was sold a pipe dream about what a degree could mean for our future. I wanted so badly for this dream to come true that I leapt at the opportunity to take out loans. | What I didn't know then was just how much the cost of higher education was soaring — and that colleges were hiking prices to take advantage of the federal government's willingness to help poor and low-income students like me cover tuition. | I remember talking to my college counselor about how she paid $240 a year to…
(2022-05-24). Global military spending reaches record high. mronline.org 
World military spending has passed U.S.$2 trillion for the first time, according to new data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Last year was the seventh consecutive year that world military spending increased; total expenditure has almost doubled this century.
(2022-05-24). People's Action Institute and Data for Progress Unveil New Poll Showing Critical Need and Bipartisan Support for Housing Repairs. peoplesaction.org According to Poll, 1 in 4 Pennsylvania Voters Need Critical Repairs to Their Homes Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Institute and Data for Progress today unveiled new research showing critical need and bipartisan support for public investment in housing repairs. The poll comes as housing prices and rent costs skyrocket in Pennsylvania …
(2022-05-24). California Reparations Task Force: DOJ Opens Up Reparations Research Associate Job. moguldom.com California is looking to hire a reparations research data specialist to support its historic, first-in-nation reparations task force and AB 3121, the bill that tasks the California Department of Justice with providing administrative, technical, and legal assistance. Both the bill and task force were created to provide reparations proposals for Black Californians descended from people …