student debt
Why did Nancy Pelosi appeal to white supremacy to reject student loan forgiveness?
July 29, 2021To frame her opposition to student loan forgiveness as unfair to white people who pay taxes is standard talk right out of the playbook of Trump, Bush, and Reagan.
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Cancel it: Biden pressured to eliminate $50,000 student debt per borrower
April 19, 2021“We’ve got a wealth gap, a racial gap, and a gender gap. If you care about racial equity and gender equity, this is the solution," said Justin Atkins of NextGen America.
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Biden could cancel student debt. Will he?
December 7, 2020The federal government owns 92 percent of all student debt owed in this country. Canceling it could provide a huge stimulus.
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Can’t pay, won’t pay: Building a debtor’s union in D.C.
November 23, 2020People's World interviews Wes Vanderburgh, an organizer from the newly established D.C. Chapter of the Debt Collective.
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Mortgaging their future: Millennials drowning in student debt
May 22, 2019Elizabeth Warren says she'd cancel a big portion of the nation's student debt burden. What would it mean in the life of students?
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