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  • News Clips
    Feb 24, 2023

    Black student loan borrowers at risk as U.S. Supreme Court weighs forgiveness plan

    On the day of the oral arguments on Feb. 28, more than 20 advocacy groups and several congressional Democrats are planning to rally outside the Supreme Court. Some of those groups include the NAACP, the Student Borrower Protection Center, American Federation of Teachers and New Georgia Project.

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  • News Clips
    Feb 7, 2023

    Way Too Much Student Loan Debt? Education Scams Could Be The Reason

    Research from the Student Borrower Protection center found that for-profit schools (often hotbeds of education scams) are twice as likely to set up in majority Black and Latino communities.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    Nov 23, 2022

    Historic Coalition of Attorneys, Advocates, Labor Unions, and Experts File a Series of Amicus Curiae Briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in Support of the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Relief Program

    Series of amicus curiae briefs show that student debt relief is lawful and urgently needed to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 1, 2022

    Student loan relief limited for many by U.S. drug war’s legacy

    There’s a generation of former drug offenders who borrowed to pay for school, but don’t have Pell Grants or federal loans, and won’t have any of their student debt forgiven. According to a Student Borrower Protection Center report on private loan debt, Black students are four times as likely as white students to struggle in repayment of private loans.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 21, 2022

    130+ Groups Push White House to Extend and Expand Access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income-Driven Repayment Student Debt Relief Programs

    134 organizations send a letter to Biden urging immediate action to expand the PSLF Waiver and IDR Adjustment programs—alongside a new analysis indicating the powerful impact of the PSLF Waiver.

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  • Press Releases
    May 27, 2022

    Historic Labor and Civil Rights Coalition of 500+ Organizations Calls on Joe Biden to “Immediately” Cancel Student Debt

    Organizations from all 50 states demand executive action on student debt as new tracking poll continues to show likely voters support action by 2:1 margin.

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  • Press Releases
    Feb 28, 2022

    New Poll: As Joe Biden Addresses the Nation, Voters of Color Overwhelmingly Support Action to Cancel Student Debt, Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments

    A new SBPC-Data for Progress poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.

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  • Polling
    Feb 28, 2022

    Poll: New Poll: As Joe Biden Addresses the Nation, Voters of Color Overwhelmingly Support Action to Cancel Student Debt, Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments

    This SBPC-Data for Progress poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.

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  • Blogs
    Feb 22, 2022

    The End of the Payment Pause is a Civil Rights Issue

    As advocates continue to push the Biden Administration to extend the pause on student loan payments, it is crucial that we recognize how ending the payment pause will uniquely impact Black and Latino borrowers.

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  • Press Releases
    Nov 10, 2021

    Upstart, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Student Borrower Protection Center Announce Second in a Series of Reports on Fair Lending

    Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the SBPC today announced the release of the second report from the independent auditor under its groundbreaking agreement to transparently review the fair lending outcomes of Upstart’s model and assess best practices in the use and testing of alternative data in AI lending platforms.

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