To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.

×
      LATEST NEWSOPINIONCLIMATEECONOMY POLITICS RIGHTS & JUSTICEWAR & PEACE
      LATEST NEWS
      OPINION

      career colleges schools of texas

      Student loan borrowers and the Too Much Talent Band

      'They Want to Make Fraud Legal': Right-Wing Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Rules

      "These for-profit companies literally committed crimes—but Trump/Reagan judges don't care," said one economic justice group.

      Julia Conley
      Aug 07, 2023

      Economic justice advocates on Monday said three right-wing federal judges sought to "make fraud legal" when they blocked newly implemented Biden administration rules that made it easier for student loan borrowers to cancel their debt if they were defrauded.

      A panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—composed of judges appointed by former Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump—granted a temporary nationwide injunction requested by Career Colleges & Schools of Texas (CCST), a group representing dozens of for-profit colleges.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      student debt
      SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
      Quality journalism. Progressive values. Direct to your inbox.
      Follow Us
      Most Popular

      Ex-US Official Who Said 4,000 Dead Children in Gaza 'Wasn't Enough' Arrested

      AOC Says $20 Million Offer to Unseat Tlaib Exemplifies 'Corruption of Our Politics'

      The Recent Explosion of Untruth Is a Warning of Things to Come

      Team Biden Goes From Denial to Panic

      Sioux Tribes Want US to Come Clean on Treaty Deceit

      Scientists Relaunch Campaign to Save the Endangered Axolotl

      Barcelona City Council Suspends Ties With Israel Over Gaza Slaughter

      The Nation Publishes Gaza Genocide Article Killed by Harvard Law Review

      Corporate America Just Threw A Party Celebrating Tax Cuts For The Ultrarich

      'Awful News for Humanity': Alarm as Larry Summers Joins OpenAI Board

      Independent, nonprofit journalism needs your help.
      Please Pitch In
      Today!