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Project 2025, the conservative policy project, became a flashpoint during the presidential campaign. Angelo Carusone of Media Matters studied the 900-page document and spoke with… Read More »Angelo Carusone on tracking Project 2025 and right-wing media
The federal student loan system is a mess right now. “Unprecedented uncertainty,” says Beth Akers, a higher education researcher at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute… Read More »6 things borrowers should know about federal student loans right now
Can words make or break a democracy? Do The Words We Use Matter? Join journalist and author Carol Off on this episode of Truth Talks… Read More »Do The Words We Use Matter? | Truth Talks | Big [If True]
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a reminder of how the Nazis conned their country into becoming the cause of mass murder and all the other horrors that Nazis unleash. The… Read More »Don’t Be a Sucker
Shining a single lantern in the darkness – to warn the country, that tyranny has come by land. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2025