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Federal student loan restrictions will disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ adults

LGBTQ+ people are more likely to have student loans and experience economic insecurity, poverty, and disabilities.

Trump's 'Taxpayer First' Budget Is Another Assault on Women

Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for programs that provide lifesaving services to women.

A Student Talks About Her Life Among the 47 Percent

The former president of the College Democrats of America, and Democratic National Convention speaker takes umbrage at Mitt Romney's comments about nearly half of the country.

Elizabeth Warren Endorses Biden: 'When You Disagree, He'll Listen'

Biden's former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination lauds his empathy and integrity.

SCOTUS Conservatives Kill Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness

Another ruling made along ideological lines.

Nonbinary TikToker Takes Biden to Task on Student Loan Record

As a senator, Joe Biden supported legislation that made it harder for borrowers to discharge student loan debt, V Spehar points out -- and such debt disproportionately affects LGBTQ+ people.

Chasten Buttigieg Drags Wannabe Sen. J.D. Vance Over Childless Comments

Hillbilly Elegy writer Vance told a crowd of conservatives that those on the left without children don't have a "physical commitment to the future of this country."

Democrats must humanize marginalized voices for election success

The Democratic Party faces an urgent crisis: reconnecting with marginalized voices and defying disinformation.

Democratic Town Hall: Economics, Race, Faith -- and Beyonce

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tout their economic plans, while Clinton gets a question on Beyonce and Sanders muses about psychoanalyzing Donald Trump.

Elon Musk's X Sues Watchdog Group Media Matters Over Damning Report

The lawsuit comes as Musk publicly endorsed the anti-Semitic claim that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.”

The misogynistic motormouth of JD Vance is the gift that keeps on giving

In a contest of running mouths, JD Vance is giving Trump a run for his money as he keeps up his insidious comments about childless women and children, writes John Casey.

How the Supreme Court's Student Debt Ruling Affects LGBTQ+, Black Americans

They have a disproportionate amount of student debt and still face discrimination.

Your Tax Dollars Are Supporting Anti-LGBTQ+ Organizations

Recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program include the Catholic Church and the American Family Association.

Meet the Queer Schoolteacher Who Made Bernie's Inauguration Mittens

Jen Ellis is a schoolteacher who lives in Vermont with her partner, Liz.

Elizabeth Warren Once Again Notes Anti-Trans Violence in Debate

Tuesday's debate again saw little mention of LGBTQ issues, but Warren highlighted violence against trans women of color.

BREAKING: Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress

The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."

So We're Canceling Ellen Because... She's Not Nice?

The woman who changed LGBTQ history is now facing a tidal wave of outsized hate.