Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) just released new Defense Department data showing that the troubled for-profit college sector — which has left many American deep in debt — received half of all military Tuition Assistance dollars last year — $280 million out of $563 million for college grants for active duty military.  During their decade of explosive
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The Huffington Post’s Chris Kirkham travelled to the “palatial Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe resort” for the “senior executive management seminar” of the for-profit college trade group APSCU. As Kirkham notes, the vast majority of for-profit college revenue (more than 90 percent for many schools) comes from federal financial aid, so we all paid for the for-profit execs
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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the start of the pro-democracy protest movement in the Kingdom of Bahrain. As demonstrators took to the streets to speak out against the government, police attacked protesters and detained a number of people, including American citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath. After media pressure forced their release, both Americans were
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A lot of money goes into Valentine’s Day – the National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend $18 billion this year. And there’s more money being spent behind the scenes, by big business looking to make sure you show your love – and spend the big bucks: Hershey’s, America’s largest chocolate corporation, has increased its
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Corinthian Colleges CEO Jack Massimino and National Urban League CEO Marc Morial held a conference call this afternoon to announce an “Historic Educational Partnership.” Corinthian, a for-profit education company, plans to provide “approximately” $1 million for an Urban League program to help 200 students in Orlando, Florida, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to prepare for the GED exam so they
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Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) is pushing a new bill — which was passed out of committee by a voice vote and is  currently being considered by House leadership — titled the “Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act” that would weaken some of the financial regulations related to transparency in the derivatives market put into place by
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Over the past few weeks, there has been chaos in the West African country of Senegal. Senegalese citizens have been rioting as protests turned violent over the disputed high court ruling that president Abdoulaye Wade can seek a third term of office. This ruling has been viewed as flawed by many because the country’s constitution
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