“They’re just cruel and want to take as much as possible from the folks who have very little,” said one student borrower advocacy group. With the Trump administration restarting collection efforts on defaulted student loans after a five-year reprieve on Monday, Mike Pierce of the Student Borrower Protection Center said the move “will further fan the flames […]
Proposals to lower housing, childcare, and healthcare costs for millions of families are “a welcome step in the right direction,” said one advocate. After announcing earlier this week that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to take on corporate price gouging with the first-ever federal ban in the food and grocery industries, the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign on Friday […]
Advocates are calling for “shutting the student loan system down until borrowers have access to the rights they were promised.” Student debt cancellation advocates on Thursday responded to a federal appeals court blocking implementation of one of U.S. President Joe Biden’s relief programs by demanding a shutdown of the whole system to spare borrowers and the […]
A new analysis explores the possible payout if fossil fuel companies—who have already shown a willingness to put a price tag on the value of planet Earth—agree to the presumptive Republican nominee’s election year “quid pro quo” deal. A new analysis reveals that the alleged $1 billion election year “quid pro quo” offer that presumptive […]