Articles for Student Debt Relief

'Dangerous': Judge blocks student debt relief rule that doesn't exist yet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Dangerous': Judge blocks student debt relief rule that doesn't exist yet

Raw Story  

A Republican-appointed U.S. federal judge in Georgia raised eyebrows and objections Thursday after taking what observers called the "unprecedented" step of blocking a rule that hasn't even been finalized in order to stop the Biden administration from implementing a plan to deliver promised debt relief to millions of student borrowers. U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia James …

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Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes

LA Times  

You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden’s dispensing of student debt relief. The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven. The White House issued this roster of GOP politicians who criticized Biden’s student …

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Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth
8 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth

NPR  

Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images This week President Biden took his campaign to save his embattled presidency to Madison, Wisc., the capital of a state he is counting on winning in November. Given the recent voting proclivities of younger voters and especially those who are current …

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‘We’re not done yet,’ Joe Biden waves off $9 Billion student loan with a catch
1 year, 2 months ago

‘We’re not done yet,’ Joe Biden waves off $9 Billion student loan with a catch

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate to complete their college education. U.S President Joe Biden is announcing an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 more Americans, bringing the total debt relief to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, according to …

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The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers
1 year, 2 months ago

The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate to complete their college education. Biden said the decision was responsible for “snatching from the hands of millions of Americans thousands of dollars of student debt relief that was about to change their lives.” He has …

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Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez: How the Washington congresswoman sold out.
1 year, 4 months ago

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez: How the Washington congresswoman sold out.

Slate  

Democrats won all sorts of pleasant surprises on midterms election night last November, none more pleasant or more surprising than the shocking triumph of Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez in Washington’s 3rd District. But it was Gluesenkamp Pérez’s vote with Republicans on student debt, where she was one of just two Democrats to vote for a proposal that would have thrown out …

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Student debt cancellation: On key initiatives, President Biden keeps getting sabotaged by his own allies.
1 year, 5 months ago

Student debt cancellation: On key initiatives, President Biden keeps getting sabotaged by his own allies.

Slate  

President Joe Biden’s student debt relief proposal is very popular; roughly 3 in 5 Americans support it. So the court’s decision to kill Biden’s student debt relief policy—and take between $10,000 and $20,000 out of the pockets of needy Americans—could mean electoral gains for Democrats. “But the answer to these problems is not the unchecked aggrandizement of executive power.” The …

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The Cynical View of What Happened With Student Debt Relief
54 years, 11 months ago

The Cynical View of What Happened With Student Debt Relief

Slate  

Jed Shugerman is a law professor at Boston University. And he was not exactly surprised by the big Supreme Court decision last month that upended the president’s student debt relief plan. “At the same time, the Biden administration wasted a year and made this policy much harder to accomplish by setting it up in a way that didn’t pass the …

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Biden Vows To Use 'Every Tool' For Student Debt Relief
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden Vows To Use 'Every Tool' For Student Debt Relief

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to continue working to reduce college loan debt for borrowers, despite an adverse Supreme Court ruling, by using a different law this time. “We’ll use every tool at our disposal to get you the student debt relief you need and meet your dreams.” The debt relief plan struck Friday morning was …

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John Roberts Is Already Frustrated With the Response to SCOTUS Killing Student Debt Relief
1 year, 5 months ago

John Roberts Is Already Frustrated With the Response to SCOTUS Killing Student Debt Relief

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. The Supreme Court struck down Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan in a 6–3 decision on Friday that rewrites federal law to create a bespoke, extra-textual prohibition on the large-scale cancellation of student debt. He also chastised Justice Elena Kagan for her “disturbing” …

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Biden vows to fight after top US court blocks student debt relief
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden vows to fight after top US court blocks student debt relief

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court says Biden administration needs authorisation from Congress before wiping out billions in college loans. Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has promised to continue pursuing student debt relief in the United States, after the country’s top court blocked his plan to cancel billions of dollars in college loans. “My plan would not only have been life-changing for …

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White House under pressure to develop a ‘Plan B’ on student debt
1 year, 10 months ago

White House under pressure to develop a ‘Plan B’ on student debt

Live Mint  

The Biden administration is under pressure from Capitol Hill lawmakers and student debt advocates to develop contingency plans to cancel billions of dollars in student debt and to move forward quickly if the Supreme Court strikes down the administration’s initial executive action. While it’s unclear whether debt relief ultimately drove turnout, given youth voters ranked other issues such as abortion …

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Appeals court blocks Biden's student debt relief program temporarily
2 years, 2 months ago

Appeals court blocks Biden's student debt relief program temporarily

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. In an unsigned order Friday night, the conservative-dominated Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily barred the Biden administration from moving ahead with student debt cancellation as judges weigh an effort by Republican attorneys general to block the program. The court's one-page order said it decided to grant the GOP officials' emergency request for …

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Column: GOP ratchets up the hypocrisy in opposing Biden’s student debt plan
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: GOP ratchets up the hypocrisy in opposing Biden’s student debt plan

LA Times  

Rep. Matt Gaetz, left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted Biden’s student debt relief forgiveness. That brings us to the fundamental hypocrisy underlying criticisms of Biden’s student loan relief proposals: This is the notion that borrowers have a moral duty to repay their debt, come hell or high water. The claim is that student debt relief will chiefly benefit wealthy …

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Column: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you’re using lousy math
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you’re using lousy math

LA Times  

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ran against each other for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, but were in agreement on the need to cancel student debt. The deficit hawks at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, for example, fretted last week that forgiving even $10,000 in student debt per borrower would be so inflationary that it would …

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Why Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Racial Justice Issue
54 years, 11 months ago

Why Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Racial Justice Issue

Slate  

Subscribe to What Next on Apple Podcasts for the full episode. The idea was to just forgive all the debt, and often critics would respond by saying, “You’re going to give away a lot of money to doctors and lawyers and people who are pretty well off now and don’t need the help.” Warren dealt with this during her presidential …

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