student loan debt

Biden Forgives 125,000 Student Loan Borrowers

This move comes after the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s mass debt relief plan and loan repayments recently resumed.
10/05/2023

Biden Launches New Student Debt Repayment Plan In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling

The administration opens the application process on a beta website called SAVE months before loan payments resume.
08/01/2023

How Students Are Reacting To The Supreme Court Decision Striking Loan Forgiveness

Rising tuition prices and interest rates leave students questioning if they can ever achieve financial freedom in the future with the burden of student loans.
07/31/2023

This Week In Good Black News: Ava DuVernay Makes History, Ari Lennox Celebrates Sobriety And Drake Shows Mad Love To His Mom

Plus, LaKeith Stanfield ties the knot.
07/28/2023
Delaware State University Partners With a French Institution

U.S. Companies Stepped Up Donations To HBCUs

After years of decline, corporations and philanthropic organizations have increased giving to HBCUs.
06/02/2023

President Biden’s Federal Student Loan Debt Relief Program Faces Crucial Hurdle At Supreme Court

The high court’s decision weighs heavily on Black borrowers who carry disproportionately high student debt.
02/28/2023

Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze While Courts Consider His Debt Forgiveness Program

It’s unfair to ask millions of borrowers eligible for debt relief to resume payments while litigation is ongoing, the president says.
11/23/2022
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This Is Why Student Loan Forgiveness Applications Are No Longer Being Accepted

Roughly 26 million people have filed applications.
11/14/2022

Student Loan Forgiveness Applications No Longer Being Accepted

The Education Department’s website says, “courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program.”
11/12/2022

Federal Judge Blocks President Biden's Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan

The administration has appealed the ruling in a lawsuit filed by a conservative advocacy group.
11/11/2022

Republican Governors Ask Biden To Withdraw Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

The president’s plan forces taxpayers to financially bail out ‘an elite few,’ the governors argue.
09/14/2022