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Blocked artery in your leg? Here’s what you should know

Annie Waldman

Biggest medical device company allegedly “groomed” doctors to unnecessarily overuse their products

Annie Waldman

Silhouettes of students with graduate caps in a row on sunset background (Getty Images)

America’s adult education system is broken. Here’s how experts say we can fix it

Annie Waldman, Aliyya Swaby, Anna Clark

Women wearing face masks fill out vote-by-mail ballots at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office on October 15, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The fight against an age-old effort to block Americans from voting

Aliyya Swaby, Annie Waldman

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How Teach for America became an arm of the charter school movement

Annie Waldman

Montana's Emigrant Peak. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File) (AP)

On a Montana reservation, schools favor whites over Native Americans

Annie Waldman

A counter-demonstrator marches down the street after the 'Unite the Right' rally was declared an unlawful gathering. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Charlottesville’s other Jim Crow legacy: separate and unequal education

Annie Waldman, Erica Green

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks to the news during a press conference about her visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Shutdown of Texas schools probe shows Trump administration pullback on civil rights

Annie Waldman

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How hospitals are failing black mothers

Annie Waldman

Jeff Sessions (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump Administration quietly rolls back Civil Rights efforts across federal government

Jessica Huseman, Annie Waldman

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Voucher program helps well-off Vermonters pay for prep school at public expense

Annie Waldman

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Betsy DeVos’ pick to head Civil Rights Office once said she faced discrimination for being white

Annie Waldman

President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during a meeting with House and Senate leadership, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. () (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

For-profit colleges gain beachhead in Trump administration

Annie Waldman

Elizabeth Warren (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Elizabeth Warren rips for-profit colleges: “Students and taxpayers have paid the price”

Annie Waldman

Black America is being squeezed: How collection suits decimate communities of color

Paul Kiel, Annie Waldman, ProPublica

Pope Francis’ message is completely lost on Catholic universities

Annie Waldman

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The nation’s wealthiest colleges are saddling its poorest students with debt

Annie Waldman, Sisi Wei