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Federal Government Finally Forgives Billions In Debt Of Students Who’ve Become Disabled

The move comes after a ProPublica investigation that documented how the government was making it hard for disabled borrowers to get their loans forgiven.

Marcelo Rochabrun
بواسطة Marcelo Rochabrun
Acting Education Secretary Dr. John King, Jr. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The federal Department of Education said on Tuesday it would offer to write off $7.7 billion of student debt owed by disabled individuals, taking a big step to streamline a loan forgiveness program long plagued by bureaucratic delay and inefficiency. Starting April 18, loan forgiveness letters will go out to approximately 387,000 borrowers who

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Red Sea Deal: The Israeli, Saudi Military Alliance

While a recent Jerusalem Post report confirms the Saudi kingdom and the Jewish state have been close as of late, the outlet also claims details pertaining to the alleged ties between the nations aren’t likely to be made public

Clarice Palmer
بواسطة Clarice Palmer
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Both Saudi and Israel need to remain close in order to maintain their artificial desert fiefdoms.

As more details emerge revealing the brutal nature of the ongoing military campaign carried out by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, Muslim Press reports that documents leaked by an unnamed senior military official associated with the Israeli left-wing liberal party Meretz show Israel and Saudi Arabia have cooperated in military efforts. The report also

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UC Davis Spent $175,000 In An Attempt To Scrub This Story From The Internet

Documents reveal university contracted with firm to “clean up” the school’s online reputation after November 2011 pepper-spraying of students.

Deirdre Fulton
بواسطة Deirdre Fulton
University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters(AP Photo/The Enterprise, Wayne Tilcock)

University of California, Davis, officials spent $175,000 to "clean up" the school's online reputation after the November 2011 pepper-spraying of students resulted in a barrage of negative attention. The Sacramento Bee reported the news on Wednesday, citing documents revealed in response to requests filed last month under the California Public

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Ron Paul: US Elections Are Rigged, Voting Used To Pacify Public

‘More people are discovering that the system is all rigged and voting is just pacification,’ three-time presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul argued during an interview with RT America.

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بواسطة MintPress News Desk
Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CLUTE, Texas --- Dr. Ron Paul says the American electoral system is rigged to keep “independent thinkers” from succeeding. “I see elections as so much of a charade,” the former Texas congressman said during an April 11 appearance on RT America’s “The Fishtank.” “So much deceit goes on.” Paul is no stranger to the twisted rules of the American

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In Just Seven Years, It Became Ok For American Academics To Openly Criticize Israel

In 2007, it was professional suicide to vocalize criticism of Israel’s apartheid policies that deny basic human rights to the Palestinian population. By 2014, however, this wasn’t necessarily the case.

Robert Fantina
بواسطة Robert Fantina
Students tape their mouths shut in support for Steve Salaita, a professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of Twitter messages critical of Israel. during a rally at the University of Illinois campus Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Champaign Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

KITCHENER, Ontario --- (Analysis) When Prof. Steven Salaita was denied a tenured position he’d been offered at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, due to his public criticism of Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014, it made international headlines and kicked off a firestorm. Thousands of academics around the world

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Venezuela’s Opposition: Attacking Its Own People

The corporate media would have you believe that Venezuela is a dictatorship on the verge of political and economic collapse. But that is not the case.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
A protester covered by the Venezuelan flag lies on the ground during a protest against violence outside the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The corporate media would have you believe that Venezuela is a dictatorship on the verge of political and economic collapse; a country where human rights crusaders and anti-government, democracy-seeking activists are routinely rounded up and thrown in jail. Indeed, the picture from both private media in Venezuela, as well as the mainstream press in

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