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      Supreme Court Justices 'Cast Doubt' on Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

      While Chief Justice John Roberts lamented the proposal's price tag, liberal colleague Elena Kagan said the law allowing the president to "modify or waive" student aid during national emergencies "doesn't get much clearer."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 28, 2023

      President Joe Biden's plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt to over 40 million borrowers drew criticism from conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices heard oral arguments in a pair of cases that will decide the fate of one of the president's signature policies and impact the financial futures of millions of Americans.

      Politicoreports members of the high court's right-wing supermajority "repeatedly questioned whether the Education Department had the legal authority it claimed to discharge federal student loan debt to help borrowers recover economically from the national emergency spurred by Covid-19."

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      Democrats Introduce Right to Vote Act to Beat GOP Voter Suppression Blitz

      "As Republican-led legislatures weaponize the Big Lie to attack our free and fair elections, it is more important than ever for Congress to affirm that voters have a right to participate in our elections."

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 05, 2021

      Amid ongoing nationwide Republican voter suppression efforts, a trio of congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill described by its lead Senate sponsor as the "first-ever affirmative federal voting rights guarantee for all U.S. citizens."

      "In recent years, states like Georgia have launched an all-out assault on our democracy. The Right to Vote Act would stop this attack and prevent a new era of Jim Crow."
      --Rep. Mondaire Jones

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      115+ Groups Unveil 'Transformational' Actions for Next President to Kick Off Climate Justice Agenda 'From Day One'

      115+ Groups Unveil 'Transformational' Actions for Next President to Kick Off Climate Justice Agenda 'From Day One'

      "We demand the next president commits to end fossil fuels, hold polluters accountable, and stand up for climate justice and human rights."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 22, 2020

      The national think tank Demos and 115 progressive organizations on Wednesday unveiled the Frontlines Climate Justice Executive Action Platform, which urges the next president of the United States to urgently take steps that "address continuing disparities, establish greater accountability for a just transition, and lay groundwork for systemic changes needed to end fossil fuel dependency and build a just and equitable renewable energy future."

      "This Frontlines Climate Justice Executive Action Platform provides urgently needed, actionable policies that an administration must implement in order to ensure that we meet the challenge of climate change by dismantling environmental racism, and centering the needs and voices of the communities most affected."
      --K. Sabeel Rahman, Demos

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