student debt
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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El Programa de Pago de Préstamos para los Trabajadores en el Tratamiento de Abuso de Sustancias
April 12, 2019Shawn 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...
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