News | Education & Youth 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. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams August 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Golden Lashes Out at Student Borrowers After Taking Donation From Sallie Mae Golden responded to a question about the student loan company's donation by railing against "radical leftist elites." By Julia Conley , CommonDreams August 19, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Judge Rules Against Right-Wing Think Tank Efforts to Block Student Debt Relief A lawsuit attempted to stop the Biden administration from canceling debt of roughly 804,000 borrowers. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Tlaib Introduces Bill to Bar Medical Debt From Showing Up on Credit Reports People shouldn’t be denied access to basic needs because they have medical debt, Tlaib said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Conservative Groups Sue to Block Forgiveness for 800,000 Student Loan Borrowers A conservative court also blocked relief for students who were defrauded by universities this week. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 8, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Biden’s Unconstitutional “Bankruptcy Abuse” Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors The law prohibits education loans from being discharged through bankruptcy. It should be repealed to provide relief. By Taru Taylor , Truthout July 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biden Administration Announces It’s Forgiving Student Debt for 800,000 Borrowers The move is meant to “fix” a program that’s only given 32 borrowers forgiveness over its 25 years of existence. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections New Campaign Aims to Unseat House Republicans Who Have Sabotaged Debt Relief The campaign will target more than a dozen Republican-held seats in battleground districts ahead of the 2024 elections. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC: Congress Must Subpoena Roberts If He Doesn’t Answer for SCOTUS Corruption Supreme Court justices were “overreaching their authority” in striking down student debt relief, she said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 5, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Student Debt Activists Say Biden’s Response to SCOTUS Is “Designed to Fail” One advocate said Biden's so-called Plan B "buys time for more baseless, bad faith, billionaire-backed lawsuits." By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams July 1, 2023 Truthout