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Biden could cancel student debt. Will he?

December 7, 2020 By Margot Rathke And Sarah Anderson

The federal government owns 92 percent of all student debt owed in this country. Canceling it could provide a huge stimulus.

Can’t pay, won’t pay: Building a debtor’s union in D.C.

November 23, 2020 By Jamal Rich

People's World interviews Wes Vanderburgh, an organizer from the newly established D.C. Chapter of the Debt Collective.

Mortgaging their future: Millennials drowning in student debt

May 22, 2019 By Michelle Zacarias

Elizabeth Warren says she'd cancel a big portion of the nation's student debt burden. What would it mean in the life of students?

El Programa de Pago de Préstamos para los Trabajadores en el Tratamiento de Abuso de Sustancias

April 12, 2019 By Pablo Ros

Shawn Dougherty es terapeuta correccional para el abuso de sustancias en la Institución Correccional Carl Robinson en Connecticut. También es miembro de la Local 391 de AFSCME, Concilio 4. El martes, se pronunció en el Capitolio...

Sanders introduces Robin Hood Tax and free education bills

May 19, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"The Robin Hood tax, which can raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year paid by Wall Street speculators, is the perfect way to fund this program."