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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.”
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.
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.
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.
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 It should be repealed to provide relief.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Ocasio-Cortez: Student Debt Decision Shows SCOTUS Rulings Are “Up for Sale”
“This SCOTUS’s corruption undercuts its own legitimacy by putting its rulings up for sale,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez.