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Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student debt forgiveness program

Supreme Court Sides with Right-Wing Special Interests, Blocking President Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

Advocates condemn ruling as “lawless and shamefully political,” and look to President Biden to deliver debt relief in response to decision and call for urgent Court reform.

Global Business: U.S. Student Loan Forgiveness in Danger with Conservative SCOTUS

Kat Welbeck and Mark Huelsman |

On Juneteenth, Student Debt Cancellation is Part of the Unfinished Promise of Emancipation

This Juneteenth, we continue the fight for economic justice and for Black Americans to have the full rights and privileges of the American Dream via access to the same basic educational opportunity, including a future without burdensome debt, that white families can often take as a given.

New Report Reveals Cancellation is Only Viable Path Forward for Incarcerated Student Loan Borrowers

Along with this report, SBPC launched its first lawsuit against the Education Department for illegally withholding critical data on its treatment of incarcerated borrowers for nearly two years.

“Are we the bad guys?” Never-Before-Seen Emails Reveal the Scramble that Ensued when Missouri Sued to Block Student Debt Relief

Records point to MOHELA’s confusion and disarray, and underscore Missouri’s lack of standing to rob debt relief from tens of millions of student loan borrowers.

Former PetSmart Groomer Caught in Predatory Training Repayment Agreement Provision (TRAP) Denied Access to Justice, Seeks Leave to Appeal District Court Decision Ending Ground-Breaking Class Action

By ordering dispute resolved through arbitration, federal judge says PetSmart can use coercive fine print to avoid accountability for TRAP.

Ben Kaufman |

An Obscure Federal Publication Should Have Predatory Student Finance Companies Shaking in their Boots

Buried in the Office of Federal Financial Management's 2,000-page 2023 Compliance Supplement are some of the strongest signals to date that the Biden Administration intends to hold predatory student finance companies accountable.

Amber Saddler and Ella Azoulay |

Meet the New Servicers, Same as the Old Servicers

In April, the U.S. Department of Education announced the award of its Unified Servicing and Data Solutions (USDS) program; meet the companies it will pay to manage the economic futures of more than 43 million borrowers.

Senate Betrays Hardworking Americans, Passes CRA Plan to Throw Student Loan Borrowers into Abrupt Repayment, Revokes Already Cancelled Debts for 260,000 Public Service Workers

Working people now look to President Biden to deliver on his promises to veto the Congressional Review Act resolution and deliver student debt relief.

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