Wrote about Biden, Harris, Gaza and student debt—why the issues are interconnected, and why we’ll need to see significant movement on both from a potential Harris administration. inthesetimes.com/article/bide...
Braxton Brewington, press secretary for the Debt Collective, said the administration’s measures were “a reminder that despite the Supreme Court ruling, there are powers at the Biden administration’s disposal and they use them — but sparingly.” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/u...
Most of the borrowers who will benefit from the latest wave of relief are teachers, nurses, firefighters and others in public service.
I’m saying an average of $3k is a lot of money. maybe not to you, but it is to most people.
Booyah—go Debt Collective!!!!👇🔥✊
Morehouse College transferred every penny of debt they held in collections to the Debt Collective, amounting to $10M for 2800 students. Instead of collecting on it, we canceled it all completely. This is a no strings attached gift. www.businessinsider.com/student-loan...
"We're doing our part, and it's time Biden does his," the Debt Collective said as it erased debt Morehouse College students owed to the school.
This is beautiful.
Morehouse College transferred every penny of debt they held in collections to the Debt Collective, amounting to $10M for 2800 students. Instead of collecting on it, we canceled it all completely. This is a no strings attached gift. www.businessinsider.com/student-loan...
"We're doing our part, and it's time Biden does his," the Debt Collective said as it erased debt Morehouse College students owed to the school.
So that’s actually a lot of money lol but also people had balances over 20k and 30k cleared
Morehouse College transferred every penny of debt they held in collections to the Debt Collective, amounting to $10M for 2800 students. Instead of collecting on it, we canceled it all completely. This is a no strings attached gift. www.businessinsider.com/student-loan...
"We're doing our part, and it's time Biden does his," the Debt Collective said as it erased debt Morehouse College students owed to the school.
"Nobody has retirement security when you’re invested in the stock market. Nobody has housing security when your property, which you think is so valuable, is at risk of flooding or losing its insurance." Insightful interview w/ Astra Taylor + her new book: www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
The activist and writer sees capitalism as an insecurity-producing machine.
“There is already precedent for ignoring the court, and white supremacists are mostly the ones who have set it.” Wrote about the reign of conservative judicial supremacy—and what we can do about it. For Hammer and Hope: hammerandhope.org/article/supr...
What if we ignored it?
Do you have more than a dollar of student loan debt? Than this new debt dispute tool, built by amazing team at the Debt Collective, is for YOU. Take 10-20 minutes to fill it out. Good things might happen. debtcollective.org/what-we-do/c...