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'We Need Full Abolition,' Advocates Say as Biden Reviews Authority to Cancel Student Debt
A man wears a sticker showing his college debt during an Occupy Wall Street rally against the high cost of college tuitions on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
GOP Senator Blocks Democratic Effort to Shield Covid Relief Payments From Debt Collectors
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) leaves the Senate Republicans lunch in the Russell Senate Office building on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"We know predatory debt collectors are already lining up to try to take a cut of those checks."
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US Farmers and Food Justice Groups Declare 'Solidarity' With Indian Farmer Protests
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Sikh-Americans hold a protest rally to save the farmers against farm laws in India, St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
"We stand with India's farmers! Now let's connect the dots between the forces...
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New Economic Study 'Demolishes' Myth About Student Debt Parroted by Joe Biden
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Students at City University of New York (CUNY) demonstrate on November 12, 2015 for free tuition and student debt forgiveness. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
"The vast majority of borrowers that benefit from forgiveness hail from low-...
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'Now Let's Cancel Them,' Demands AOC as Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments
President-elect Joe Biden announces Miguel Cardona as his nominee for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.
'Unacceptable' and 'Immoral,' Say Progressives After Biden Admits He Will Be 'Unlikely' to Cancel Student Debt
'Beyond Predatory': Trump Treasury Gives Banks Green Light to Seize $1,200 Stimulus Checks to Pay Off Debts
IMF Warns Global Economy Could See Worst Year Since Great Depression Due to 'Magnitude and Speed' of Coronavirus Crisis
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'
Offering Model to Nation Battling Outbreak, New York AG Suspends All Medical and Student Debt Collection
Buttigieg Confirms Status as 'Austerity Candidate' With Call for Democrats to Prioritize Reducing Deficit
Sanders Unveils Plan to Wipe Out All Medical Debt in US, Declaring, 'The Very Concept Should Not Exist'
'The Bold Solution We Need': 100+ Scholars Back Sanders Student Debt and Tuition-Free College Plan
Benefits for All or Just Some? Sanders Student Debt Plan Highlights 2020 Debate Over Universal vs. Means-Tested Programs
Puerto Rico Army National Guard members work on clearing Highway 511 from Ponce to Jayuya in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Sept. 11, 2017.
To End Crushing Debt, Warren Introduces Relief Package to Help Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico 'Recover With Dignity'
An EMT student stabilizes a patient.
'Making Money Off Dysfunction': Bolstering Medicare for All Case, Survey Shows Americans Accrued $88 Billion in Healthcare Debt in 2018

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