An image on Instagram of what appears to be a campaign mailer for the Republican member of Congress accuses California Gov. Gavin Newsom of 'defending pedophiles.'

The Department of Education said that the forgiveness was made possible through fixes to the federal student loan system.

Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates attended a conference with Moms for Liberty, which has pushed to ban books from schools.

Organizers with a national public school advocacy campaign, joined by local activists, gave away books on Thursday to kick off a weekend of counterprogramming against Moms for Liberty's second annual gathering.

The administration said 26 million people had applied for relief under the plan and 43 million would have been eligible.

In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called the decision banning race-conscious admissions practices 'truly a tragedy for us all.'

Republican legislators have doubled down on their efforts to defund our public schools and divide us with scorched-earth culture wars.

The House has passed a resolution that would cancel President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan.

Some 615,000 public servants have benefitted from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

A bill proposed by Rep. Greg Steube that would ban some trans youth from playing sports is being considered in the House, although it is unlikely to be considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

With the guidance of conservative think tanks and prominent Republicans, over 30 bills have been proposed in state legislatures across the country targeting gender, race and sexuality studies.

Eliminating the department would impact the administration of federal education grants, student loans, and how students' civil rights protections are enforced.

Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri are some of the other states where restrictions on expression related to sexual orientation or gender may affect education.

Removing the agency that protects students’ civil rights and distributes federal education funds has received an increasing amount of Republican support in recent years, including from Donald Trump.

‘Pat stood up for basic fairness, sensible policy, and women’s equal humanity,’ President Joe Biden said about the late congresswoman who helped champion the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

On Feb. 28, the Supreme Court is hearing two challenges to the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student debt.

Being ‘the other’ isn’t something students are born with. It is something they are taught.

Both Jennifer Dorow and Dan Kelly attended Regent University, a law school founded by Christian nationalist Pat Robertson.

Republican lawmakers want to cut taxes for the rich, ban books from schools, and pass anti-abortion legislation.

Pope’s formative essay in 1960 encouraging the fight for civil rights was published in the New York Times and several newspapers around the country, pushing Americans against segregation throughout the country.

The money that will help approximately 350,000 unionized employees’ pensions was made possible thanks to the American Rescue Plan as championed by President Biden.

Despite national polls showing debt relief has popular and bipartisan support, Republicans have worked against Biden’s actions at every step.

Republican candidates including GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon campaigned against LGBTQ rights and racial equity in public schools. Voters didn’t buy it.

The Biden administration has allocated more than $5.8 billion in federal funds to historically Black colleges and universities since 2021.

The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee wants to divert state and federal funds to parochial school vouchers.

The founder of Daniel Defense and his wife each gave the GOP Senate candidate the maximum amount an individual can give a campaign during a general election, totaling $5,800.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a congressional candidate in Oregon, also claims the American Rescue Plan ‘hurt the American people.’ Meanwhile, her business accepted more than $1.3 million in forgiven PPP loans.

House Republicans’ Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022 would ban school discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity for children under 10.

Funds for mental health assistance come from the recently signed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act following mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo

‘There’s a lot of nonsense being taught in the schools. And you want to add pre-K to it?’ Republican gubernatorial nominee Heidi Ganahl said.