Students with up to $230,000 in student debt have decided that they are rich in political power. At a Zoom meeting hosted by the activist group the Debt Collective, student debtors entering the meeting announced on its chat how much money they owed in debt. Although the meeting numbered around 300 people at its biggest,…
Activists Plan Student “Debt Strike” in Response to Supreme Court Decision
June 30, 2023
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[PREMIERING 8PM ET] Why SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Is a Victory for Both Black and Asian Students—Kenny Xu, Plaintiff in the Case [ATL:NOW]
June 30, 2023
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“I oppose affirmative action. But I also oppose legacy admissions, I oppose any kind of process or system that tries to degrade us from the principle of merit that our country was built upon. We’re founded upon excellence. That’s what the American dream is….That is a universal Maxim with which we should be striving to.”…
Biden Announces New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Hours After SCOTUS Ruling
June 30, 2023
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President Joe Biden reacted swiftly to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate his plan to forgive many student loans by announcing new measures to provide relief to borrowers. Biden made a televised statement on June 30, within hours of the court decision, promising to provide debt relief for some borrowers and a temporary measure…
SCOTUS Cites Nancy Pelosi’s Own Words to Justify Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
June 30, 2023
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A set of 2021 comments by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ended up undermining President Joe Biden’s efforts to implement a student loan cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or…
ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS—What Can Borrowers Can Expect Next?
The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions and confusion about when, or if at all, borrowers of student loans will have to start paying their debts again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court…
ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS—What Can Borrowers Expect Next?
The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions and confusion about when, or if at all, borrowers of student loans will have to start paying their debts again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court…
ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS, What Borrowers Can Expect Next
The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt is finally put to an end, so are all questions and confusions about when, or if at all, borrowers will have to start paying their bills again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had heard a…
Diversity ‘Essential to Academic Excellence’: Harvard Responds to Supreme Court Ruling
Following the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in college and university admissions, Harvard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions and one of the schools named in the case, responded with the argument that using race as a factor in the admission process is “essential to academic excellence.” In a statement released June…
Make Role Models of Those ‘Who Didn’t Need Affirmative Action,’ Improve Inner-City K-12 Schools: Rep. Ken Buck
June 30, 2023
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Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) rebuffed criticisms of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down race-based affirmative action admissions policies at U.S. colleges, arguing that students ought to embrace more merit-based measures for systems and educators should raise their K-12 education standards, especially in inner-cities. In an interview with “The Hill” on NewsNation on Thursday, Buck…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program
June 30, 2023
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The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 30 to strike down President Joe Biden’s controversial plan to partially forgive student loans. The six conservative justices voted to invalidate the program in the closely watched case, while the three liberal justices voted to uphold it. Biden unveiled the plan in August 2022 in a move critics…
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