James Kvaal served as under secretary at the U.S. Department of Education from September 2021 to January 2025. @JamesKvaal on Twitter; @kvaal.bsky.social on Blue Sky.

Student Loan Debt: From Educational Opportunity to Generational Grievance: The history of student loan debt shows how noble programs and soaring tuition have often left too many students underwater.

Student Loan Debt: From Educational Opportunity to Generational Grievance: The history of student loan debt shows how noble programs and soaring tuition have often left too many students underwater.

The No Kings anti-Trump protests against Trump will be widespread and potentially historic like the 1960s civil rights ...

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A.

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The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and ...

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American ...

The video of an American wrongly accused of being an undocumented immigrant echoes the music video for Born in East L.A. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American ...

Trump's crackdown on immigrants bears alarming parallels to the fugitive slave obsessions of the pre-Civil War South.

Obama prioritized the deportation of felons and security threats. Trump is giving us legal chaos, fewer deportations, and less safety.

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