The Capitol Insurgency and White Supremacy, Fixing the For-Profit College System, and More

January 14, 2021

“Donald Trump, and Trumpism as an ideology, has opened a Pandora’s box of hate into the American mainstream, giving the permission some racists needed to reveal themselves proudly and wreak havoc on symbols of American democracy that have withstood wars and attacks for centuries,” writes Rashawn Ray.

For-profit colleges enroll just 10% of students but account for half of all student-loan defaults. To protect U.S. students and taxpayer dollars, Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard Reeves outline several actions the Biden administration can take on day one to regulate these schools.

In a new TechStream post, Brendan Thomas-Noone discusses the parallels between America’s long-term technology competition with the Soviet Union and Washington’s current tensions with China.

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