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'Unacceptable' and 'Immoral,' Say Progressives After Biden Admits He Will Be 'Unlikely' to Cancel Student Debt

President-elect Joe Biden announces Miguel Cardona as his nominee for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

'Beyond Predatory': Trump Treasury Gives Banks Green Light to Seize $1,200 Stimulus Checks to Pay Off Debts

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The Treasury Department is pointing out opportunities for banks and debt collectors to steal Americans' relief checks out from under them."

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IMF Warns Global Economy Could See Worst Year Since Great Depression Due to 'Magnitude and Speed' of Coronavirus Crisis

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This is the most frightening news the Fund has ever released on the status of...

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Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

"We need to cancel all debt developing countries owe the World Bank and IMF,"...

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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

'Good First Step' as DeVos Forced to Cancel $150M in Student Loan Debt for Thousands Scammed by For-Profit Schools

Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau

Rebuking Trump CFPB for Only Serving Nation's "Most Powerful Financial Companies," Student Loan Watchdog Resigns

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.

'Revolting': Betsy DeVos Unveils Proposal to Make It Harder for Students Defrauded by Predatory Schools to Get Loan Relief

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'War on Students': Consumer Advocates Warn Mulvaney's Moves at CFPB Will Lead to 'Open Season on Borrowers'

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Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Anti-Austerity Protesters in Puerto Rico

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Jubilee USA Network

Climate Change Can be Addressed in Coronavirus Relief, Study Says

Global Justice Now

G20 Plan Is 'Thin Gruel for Debt Prisoners'...

Jubilee USA Network

G20 Announces Debt Relief Process

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Jubilee USA Statement on World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings and Communiqué

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G20 Fails to Release Developing World From 'Debtors Prison', Despite Suspension...

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The G7 Finance Ministers Have Decided to Support Debt Relief for Poor Countries Fighting Coronavirus

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Marie-Christine Ghreichi

What New Institutions Do We Need for an International Green New Deal To Be Feasible

Robert Freeman

The Economy Isn’t Working. That’s Exactly the Plan.

Ella Hopkins

Why the G20’s Failure on Debt Cancellation Is Bad News for Women

Sarah Anderson, Margot Rathke

The Federal Government Owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe It Out?

John Buell

Whoever Wins the Election Will Face Severe Eviction Crisis, as 30 Million Brace for Homelessness

Michael Beer, Mubarak Elamin

Removing Sudan From the Terror List Is Welcome; Yes to Assistance No to Extortion

Léonce Ndikumana

Faced With COVID-19, Africa Shouldn’t Worry About Debt, But How to Make Tax Evaders Pay

John Buell

In Praise of Public Debt

Robert Reich

The Clock Is Ticking: 5 Key Demands for the New Coronavirus Bill

Josh Bivens

Recovering Fully From the Coronavirus Shock Will Require Large Increases in Federal Debt—and There's Nothing Wrong With That