Now that US college graduates can no longer generally expect good incomes, increasing numbers of them can't repay their college loans. This creates a crisis for the school loan system. The US tries to shore up the system by getting more rigid with students.

Outsourcing Can Often Increase Public Service Costs, Not Cut Them.

In addition, it puts the company's owners in the position to profit by making the privatized functionaries do a bad job. It also reduces accountability, since the laws about accountability often apply only to state agencies and state employees.

Most Glaciers in Mount Everest Area Will Disappear with [Global Heating].

Denton, Texas, is not going to surrender quietly to fracking.

US citizens: call on President Obama to appoint SEC commissioners that are not subservient to banksters.