Skip to content
Meet Alex Han

In These Times is growing: We’re excited to announce that labor organizer and activist Alex Han has joined us as the new Executive Director.

Read More
menu
search
Video

John Oliver Explains Why Student Debt Will Ruin Our Lives

Miles Kampf-Lassin

On his show This Week Tonight, host John Oliver explains the roots of the student debt crisis and exposes the seedy underbelly of the for-profit college industry—plus provides some unsettling information about former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin

Have thoughts or reactions to this or any other piece that you'd like to share? Send us a note with the Letter to the Editor form.
More articles by Miles Kampf-Lassin
Viewpoint
Biden’s Presidency Is Sinking Because of Conservative Democrats—Not the Left
Don’t blame progressives for Biden’s failures. It’s the party’s right flank that abandoned the working class.
LaborViewpoint
Stop Buying Holiday Gifts for Your Boss
A third of U.S. workers say they buy presents for their manager. It’s time to end this predatory ritual once and for all.
Viewpoint
Billionaires Need to Get on Board With More Taxes or Expect the Pitchforks
The super-rich have made a killing off of the pandemic. It’s time to tax the hell out of them to pay for programs that serve the working class.
Similar articles
InvestigationGoodman InstituteVideo
Exposing the Myth of New Orleans Charter School ‘Miracle,’ 10 Years After Katrina
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Video
FOX News Decides to Ask a Communist—The Results Are…Interesting
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Video
Star Trek and Reading Rainbow Actor LeVar Burton Explains How to Avoid Police Brutality
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Get 10 issues for $19.95

Get the whole story: Subscribe to In These Times magazine.

Subscribe Now