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Biden’s New Student Loan Relief Plan Could Benefit Over 30 Million Borrowers
Officials didn’t specify when the process would be finalized or what would happen if the plan faces legal challenges.
New Rule Will Lower Child Care Co-Pays, Improve Payments to Day Care Providers
The White House says families are expected to save about $200 a month on average. The new rule is effective April 30.
University of Texas at Austin Fires 60 Staff Focused on Diversity and Inclusion
The layoffs were prompted by a diversity, equity, and inclusion ban that went into effect in January.
New Bill Could Pave the Way Toward Banning Student Debt Cancellation
“Forty-five million student debtors need to see this and get very, very loud,” the Debt Collective said.
Scholars Should Be Able to Speak Out Against Genocide Without Fear of Punishment
The censorship of pro-Palestine speech on campuses is escalating. We must all work to resist this.
Teachers Are Fighting Book Bans and Unjust Firings in Courts and State Houses
Under attack from the right, teachers are resisting with legislation, grassroots organizing and lawsuits against bans.
Washington University Students Vote to Divest From Boeing Amid Gaza Genocide
Reviving a legacy of campus war resistance, the adopted resolution demands the university demilitarize and democratize.
Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities
A major Israeli news site says Israel’s foreign affairs and diaspora affairs ministries are behind the operation.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Signs “Educational Gag Order” Into Law
“It was never about ‘the children,’ and always about absolute exclusion from public life,” journalist Erin Reed said.
Biden to Forgive $6 Billion in Student Debt for 78,000 Public Service Workers
Those selected to get relief should expect to receive emails as early as next week informing them of this development.