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June 11, 2023
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries responds to Republican efforts to put an end to the student loan payment pause.
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February 28, 2023
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday to determine whether President Biden’s student loan debt relief program would prevail.
November 17, 2022
Republicans in several states have waged a legal war against President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief program.  
October 22, 2022
President Joe Biden said Friday that almost 22 million people applied for federal student loan relief in the week since…
October 17, 2022
The Biden-Harris administration officially launched the federal student loan debt relief application on Monday.
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October 10, 2022
A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to forgive student loan debt.
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August 30, 2022
A generation of Black and Hispanic Americans was disproportionately shut out of one of the keys to Biden's plan: the…
August 22, 2022
Many Americans are concerned that student loan forgiveness will worsen the inflation crisis, according to a new survey. 
July 7, 2022
Over 145,000 borrowers have had the remainder of their federal student loan debt canceled through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness…
April 27, 2022
President Biden reportedly signaled to Congressional Hispanic Caucus members that they'd be very happy with what he does next.
April 21, 2022
As the call for student loan debt cancellation grows, the question of why it should be canceled seems to be…
April 11, 2022
The National Student Defense Network says Walden University purposely misrepresented its fees and graduation requirements.
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April 5, 2022
The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending the moratorium.
March 8, 2022
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are meeting with Congressional leaders and White House officials.
February 15, 2022
Economists and estate planners also advise on how one can manage their assets despite having student loan debt.
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January 25, 2022
President Biden has yet to fulfill his campaign promise to cancel student loan debt. Come election time, Black people will…
January 14, 2022
The Delaware-based company will also pay more than $140 million in penalties in deal to settle claims by attorneys general…
December 22, 2021
Federal borrowers will have a little more time to repay students loans now that the deadline has been extended to…
August 21, 2021
The move marks the start of a broader overhaul of a program that has been criticized for having overly burdensome…
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August 14, 2021
Black college graduates in their 30s are facing the harsh reality that a college education isn't enough to close the…