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I Don’t Know _ _ _ _ About Politics!
That is the truth. I’d like to pretend that I know what is occurring in the world around me, but I really don’t. Recently I got into an argument with a close friend about how oblivious I appear to be...
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Student Loan Forgiveness Act Introduced in Congress
US House Representative Hansen Clarke from Michigan introduced HR 4170, or the Student Loan Forgiveness Act, on March 8th, a bill that is extremely important in this economy, especially to the...
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Last week I applied for a house loan. I used my credit score only, and therefore only my income, because my husband’s credit is not the best. In the end I was denied a loan because my debt to income...
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Forgive Me, Please
A few days ago, I logged into my student loans account to pay my monthly bill. I was confused and surprised to find that my $80,000 balance was at $0. I spent twenty minutes attempting to figure out...
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Van Jones Talks American Dream, Economy, and Social Movements
On Friday I had the privilege of attending a talk by Van Jones at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC and wanted to report back on what Van Jones said about achieving economic justice....
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Talkin’’bout My Generation: Stop Bankrupting Our Future
On Wednesday, April 25th, the youth and students of America are taking action and sending a message to big banks and Wall Street: they need to stop destroying our climate and bankrupting our future....
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Rethinking the Four Year Degree
Education is going to be a hot button issue during this election cycle. The GOP will call President Obama an elitist for insisting the youth of America learn stuff. Liberals will yell that the real...
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There They Go Again…
Just when you thought they had all the various groups of vulnerable citizens adequately disenfranchised, the Republican Party decides to stick it to students as well (now, they are attempting to stick...
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Stumped, Part One: What’s The Real Crisis in American Education?
The school year’s coming to a close, so it figures that many of us here at BNV have been weighing in on the state of education. And as well we should. It’s one of the only issues — in fact, possibly...
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G.R.O.U.C.H. Says Snot-Nosed Kids Can Get Their College Money from Mommy and...
Today, Mr. Schmalfeldt yields his column space to guest writer Lester Smelgerson, Vice President of Communications from the Greater Regional Organization of Uninformed Citizen Hotheads (G.R.O.U.C.H.)...
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How The Rich Are Increasing Your Student Loan Debt
If you’re one of President Obama’s fifteen million Twitter followers, you may have seen his #dontdoublemyrates tweets lately. The controversy stems from the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of...
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Borrowing from the Money Store
In case you aren’t painfully aware that the student loan situation has gotten terribly out of hand, consider this: the average college graduate owes $25,000 in debt—what do you say to someone in that...
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Campaigning on College Grads’ Prospects
If you’re a regular reader of this site you know that education is a frequent topic. Though the nation’s economy is slowly improving, its current state – fueled in large part by the unwillingness of...
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The next big financial bubble can be popped.
Education can be an individual’s or a nation’s greatest investment. We talk about the disparity between the public education provided to students with fewer economic resources and those who have...
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Hand-to-Mouth, Paycheck to Paycheck
Yesterday it was reported that 76% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. According to Bankrate.com’s survey reported by CNN, “Fewer than one in four Americans have enough money in their...
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Good news for students…for now? Not so fast…
Awaiting President Obama’s signature is a bill that will reduce the costs of borrowing for millions of students. Don’t get completely happy about it; the bipartisan legislation links student loan...
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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Debt: Accounting 101 for Politicians
If children are our future, why is their commencement into adulthood a Sisyphean burden of student debt? Both Republican and Democratic candidates have begun sprinkling policy specifics into their...
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The Economic Frenzy Around Education
This is not a good time to be a young student according to skeptics within the US. Even with the unemployment rate down by noticeable percentage, college costs are still a daunting prospect. As people...
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The Cost of Grad School and Why Students are Rising in Numbers
It’s no secret that the cost of an undergraduate degree has continued to steadily climb in recent years. An undergraduate is considered the “minimum” for many white-collar jobs, so most students don’t...
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Breaking Political Branding
Politics aren’t as easy as the 1800s when you could ply your voters by providing enough booze to kill them and hope they hit your name on the ballot box. It involves complex branding and image...
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