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SCOTUS Case to End Student Loan Forgiveness Relies on “Unwilling Participant”
David Dayen refutes Missouri’s argument that its state agency MOHELA will be harmed by the debt relief plan.
![Advocates for student debt relief stand outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0630-scotus--400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Kills Student Debt Relief, 1 Day After Slashing Affirmative Action
The decision comes as the student debt payment pause is slated to end, yanking away a chance at relief for millions.
![Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0628-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
Just 29 Percent of Student Debtors Are Confident in Ability to Restart Payments
Seven in ten student debtors say they either won’t be able to make payments or will have to cut back spending.
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Progressives Prepare to Mobilize If Supreme Court Blocks Student Debt Relief
Organizers are urging the White House to use executive powers to enact broad-based student debt cancellation.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0622-aoc-c-400x300.jpg)
Fight for Student Debt Relief Won’t End With Supreme Court Ruling, AOC Vows
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision on student debt relief any week now.
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Advocates: Alito Must Recuse Due to Billionaire’s Stake in Student Debt Cases
GOP megadonor Paul Singer’s think tank filed a brief in support of overturning student debt relief.
![People rally to show support for the Biden administration's student debt relief plan in front of the Supreme Court on February 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0614-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
NAACP: Black Voters Will Be Disillusioned If Biden Fails to Act on Student Debt
Biden risks a legacy of failing on “campaign promises but succeed[ing] in widening the racial wealth gap,” NAACP said.
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Biden Vetoes GOP Bill to Nix Student Debt Relief
Debt advocates say the bill would have forced borrowers to pay retroactive payments on their student debt.
![Student loan borrowers gather at Supreme Court the evening before the court hears two cases on student loan relief, to state the relief is legal and needs to happen immediately, on February 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0608-student-loan-debt-400x300.jpg)
End of Student Loan Freeze Will Be a “Massive Disaster,” Warns Consumer Advocate
New research shows that more than 1 in 13 borrowers are already behind on payments other than student debt.
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Manchin, Tester and Sinema Join Senate GOP to Repeal Biden Student Debt Relief
H.J. Res. 45 would reinstate the debt of over 260,000 public service workers whose loan balances have been wiped clean.