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Biden to Forgive Another $1.2B in Student Debt for Over 150K Borrowers
Borrowers will start getting emails as early as February 21 informing them that they will receive debt forgiveness.
Employers Can Now Match Student Loan Repayments as Retirement Contributions
Experts say the policy can be a “game changer” for Black women, who have the highest student loan debt on average.
Student Loan Repayments Weigh on Young People Facing Holiday Spending
Borrowers were already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic payment pause ended in October.
Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor
Amid agency budgets cuts and declining social work enrollments, unpaid internships continue to lower the wage floor.
Debt Activists Bought $10M in Student Debt for $125,000 — and Canceled It All
The move wipes out balances of nearly 3,000 accounts from Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta.
Insecurity Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalism. But It Can Spark Resistance.
Debt abolitionist Astra Taylor discusses how capitalism’s manufactured insecurity can feed movements for radical change.
“Nickels and Dimes”: Biden Touts $9B in Student Debt Relief as Payments Restart
Student loan payments resumed for the first time since 2020 on Sunday.
Thousands of Borrowers File Appeals as Student Loan Payments Loom
Over 20,000 borrowers have already sent legal appeals to the Department of Education with support from a debtors union.
Some 40 Million Americans Will Resume Student Debt Payments Next Month
A new tool from the Debt Collective helps people apply to the Department of Education to cancel the borrower’s debt.
Democrats Tell Biden to “Deliver on Your Promise” of $20,000 Student Debt Relief
Four dozen congressional Democrats wrote a letter to the White House demanding swift action on student debt relief.