June • 2020
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Request QuoteMichael Friedrich is a writer living in Brooklyn who covers culture and social justice. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, The Baffler, CityLab, and other publications. He also does storytelling, research, and grant writing for nonprofits.
June • 2020
Professional, talented, thorough.
Higher costs for patients. Growing prevalence of predatory billing practices. Widespread cuts to staffing and resources. Early evidence shows that the private equity model seems to value profits over patients, exploiting loopholes to make money.
In March, Congressional leaders reintroduced the College Transparency Act in a bid to make better data available to help both students and policymakers, a move made more urgent by the pandemic.
The Biden administration is reevaluating federal oversight systems for higher education.
Legal organizations are suing for-profit schools and the federal government to cancel debt and protect student borrowers — and they are winning in court.
For Giving Tuesday, we spoke with Ray Madoff, law professor and advocate of philanthropy reform, about how the new Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving plans to reform tax law to get more money into the hands of charitable organizations.
Overdose deaths are on the rise for people of color. Advocates are urgently trying to increase access to treatments that work.
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