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Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.

Cancel Student Loan Debt. Bail Out Regular People.

| May 24, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedI borrowed money to pay for college. Like 45 million other Americans who did the same — and many just graduating this spring — I owe student loan debt. My generation was sold a pipe dream about what a degree could mean for our future. I wanted so badly for this dream...
With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free

With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free

| May 4, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says he’s finally thinking about doing it. Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. My student debt is...
Biden’s Economic Plans Are Solid, But We Need Action

Biden’s Economic Plans Are Solid, But We Need Action

| Mar 2, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe word “jobs” came up 15 times in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech – more times than even the word “America.” That’s hardly surprising, since job creation is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy time for the United States and the world. The U.S....
Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?

Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?

| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWashington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would not require congressional approval. One of the buzziest: canceling student debts owed to the federal government. The Department of Education owns about 92 percent of the...
Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?

Now Is the Time for Free College

| Jul 14, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter graduating from college last year, Hayat Rahmeto moved back in with her parents and planned to work two jobs to save money for law school. Then the pandemic hit. She lost one job, with Delta Airlines, and the prospects for finding another were bleak....
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