“I reckon the U.S. Supreme Court does not like millions of people being able to afford to make payments on their student loans,” said one journalist who had benefited from the SAVE program. Millions of student loan borrowers whose monthly payments had been reduced by U.S. President Joe Biden’s latest attempt to achieve debt relief […]
“Widespread debt cancellation is needed immediately,” said one advocate. A survey out Thursday shows that more than half of student loan borrowers in the United States say they would not currently be able to make a single monthly debt payment if they were required to, a finding that comes amid mounting calls for universal student debt cancellation. The […]
“We need immediate student debt relief, and deferring payments again is a great step, but we need to do more,” says Congresswoman Marie Newman. After a White House official confirmed this week that President Joe Biden is considering further extending a pandemic-related pause on student loan payments, lawmakers and activists renewed calls for debt cancellation. While […]
A majority of voters support the bold proposals for free college tuition and the wiping out of student debt put forward by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Democratic primary, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll out Friday. The survey found that out of more than 1,000 respondents, 58 percent of people said they […]