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New York became the first state in the country to return to a guarantee of tuition-free college for students at state public colleges and universities.
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Mark Huelsman
New York approved a state budget Sunday that included the Excelsior Scholarship, which will allow students whose families earn less than $125,000 a year to attend state public colleges and universities tuition-free.
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"The New York bill is what's known as a 'last-dollar' program."
In the media
Anya Kamenetz
All those who care about getting big money out of politics have real reason to be concerned about Gorsuch’s record.
Blog
Blair Bowie
April 9, 2017 (New York, NY) -- Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Research at Demos, released the following statement after New York became the first state in the country to pass tuition-free college:
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This year’s Maryland legislative session will soon end and among the potential unfinished businesses of the session is the Maryland Trust Act. Polls show that this is the type of law that Marylanders would love their leaders to take a stance on as part of the resistance to President Donald Trump’s
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Katherine Culliton-González
Juhem Navarro-Rivera
April 6, 2017 (New York, NY) –Heather McGhee, President of Demos, released the following statement after the Senate refused to invoke cloture on Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court: “The next Supreme Court justice will have a pivotal role in ensuring our Constitution protects the rights
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It’s hard to imagine honest, revelatory, even enjoyable conversation between people on distant points of American life right now. But in this public conversation at the Citizen University annual conference, Matt Kibbe and Heather McGhee show us how. He’s a libertarian who helped activate the Tea
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Krista Tippett
April 6, 2017 (New York, NY) –Heather McGhee, President of Demos, released the following statement after the Senate changed the rules in order to confirm Judge Gorsuch to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court: “After their unprecedented refusal to even hold a hearing on Judge Garland’s
Press release/statement
Donald Trump and his billionaire Cabinet are proposing even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy when what we need is a fairer system that allows our nation to meet the needs of its people.
In the media
Daniel Marans