Posted on 11/22/17 by Hannah Halbert (she/her) in Education & Training
Military veterans are vulnerable to predatory recruitment by for-profit career colleges. In many cases, for-profit career colleges see them as “dollar signs in uniform,” according to a 2011 report by assistant director for service member affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Holly Petraeus. [image:1] U.S. Department of Agriculture A loophole in federal regulations makes veterans especially tantalizing targets for proprietary colleges. For-profit schools can receive as much as 90 percent of their revenue from federal taxpayer sources. Exceeding this amount can disqualify the schools for federal student assistance funds. Education benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense are... read more
Posted on 11/14/17 by Katie Fallon in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
Halloween is over, but Congressional Republicans are still trying to disguise gutting health care as tax "reform." If you had concerns about the many repeal and replace health care bills that failed earlier this year,... read more
Posted on 11/01/17 by Katie Fallon in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
Health care open enrollment begins November 1st, 2017. Despite a year of confusing attacks and changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it remains the law of the land. But, one of President Trump’s strategies... read more
Posted on 10/25/17 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
On Thursday, October 26, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass the Senate budget resolution, clearing the path for a tax overhaul mirroring the plan announced by President Trump and GOP leadership a... read more
Posted on 10/04/17 by Intern Writer in Privatization
By Nicholas Golina Ohio privatized prison food service in 2013. Aramark, a company with an alarming track record of employment discrimination, labor and employment law violations, and health and safety violations, got the contract. The Aramark tenure... read more
Posted on 09/27/17 by Michael Shields (he/him) in Work & Wages
Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. Department of Labor planned to extend overtime protection to 12.5 million American workers, including 351,000 Ohioans, by updating the rule that exempts some salaried workers. Ohio was among a... read more
Posted on 09/21/17 by Katie Fallon in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
We can’t give up now. We thought we stopped efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last month. We were wrong. The Graham-Cassidy proposal has gained steam and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could... read more
Posted on 09/20/17 by Katie Fallon in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
As the Cassidy-Graham bill poses the biggest threat to the Affordable Care Act to date, health care for thousands of Ohio school children also hangs in the balance. Congress is on the brink of passing a... read more
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