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US student debt

July 2024

  • Protesters wearing yellow hats protest in favor of cancelling student debt, with one holding a sign

    Key plank of Biden student-debt relief plan can move forward, court rules

    Appeals court decision allows millions of borrowers to cut loan payments in half – but does not yet erase debt outright

April 2024

  • man in a suit speaks at a lectern with american flags in the background

    Joe Biden will cancel $7.4bn in student debt for 277,000 borrowers

  • Joe Biden speaks alongside education secretary Miguel Cardona

    Biden announces new plan to cancel student loans for 30m borrowers

March 2024

  • Students protest the supreme court’s ruling against Biden's student-debt relief program.

    Biden administration to cancel $5.8bn in student debt for public service workers

  • man in a suit and tie sitting behind a desk on stage

    John Oliver recap
    John Oliver on student loans: ‘It’s hard to feel like this system isn’t rigged’

  • ‘Expansive relief will not be delivered if the administration fails to learn the lessons from round one of the cancellation battle: speed and conviction matter.’

    The Biden administration has a chance to deliver student debt relief. It must act

    Astra Taylor and Eleni Schirmer
  • a sign saying 'cancel student debt' in front of a columned building

    Is Biden’s student debt action enough to win back young voters angry over Gaza?

January 2024

  • joe biden with a family outside a house with a sign that says 'welcome'

    Biden administration forgives student debt for further 74,000 US borrowers

    Beneficiaries include public service workers such as firefighters, nurses and teachers with more than 10 years of service

December 2023

  • Joe Biden and the education secretary, Miguel Cardona

    Borrowers face billing errors in a rocky return to US student loan payments

    Mohela, which has been penalized by the education department, stands out among servicers for late bills and incorrect auto-debits

October 2023

  • Protesters under palm trees with signs saying 'CSU: Step up or strike out'.

    Tuition hikes at 23 public California colleges make students question: ‘Is it even worth it?’

    College goers criticize California State University’s announcement of increased tuition after a decade of stable costs
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    Born poor, stay poor: what my $120,000 student debt says about class in the US

    I was the first in my family to go to college and I teach at an Ivy League school. I’m still broke – and I probably always will be
  • US President Biden speaks on cancelling student debt<br>epa10900015 US President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on his administration's efforts to cancel student debt and support students and borrowers, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 04 October 2023. President Biden has approved an additional $9 billion in debt relief for an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers. EPA/SHAWN THEW

    Biden cancels additional $9bn in student loan debt

    President’s latest approval brings total debt cancellation under his administration to $127bn for nearly 3.6 million people

September 2023

  • Students protesting at a rally. One is holding a sign that reads 'Cancel Student Debt.'

    ‘Totally devastating’: borrowers on the start of student loan repayment

    Reprieve experienced over the last three years by as many as 43 million Americans comes to an end as payments begin
  • Biden at the White House in June with Miguel Cardona, the education secretary.

    Biden student-debt plan hailed as ‘big step forward’ for millions of borrowers

    Advocates say proposals that cut debt to zero for some borrowers and reduce monthly interest payments are good news
  • Supreme Court Rules Affirmative Action Is Unconstitutional In Landmark Case With Harvard And UNC<br>CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - JUNE 29: People walk through the gate on Harvard Yard at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admission policies used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in higher education. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

    Biden’s student loan repayment program: four things you should know

    Student loan experts give their advice on payments restarting for millions of Americans in October

August 2023

  • US Supreme Court Decisions Reactions, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 30 Jun 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (13993426i) A protester holds a sign advocating for the cancellation of student debt in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan unconstitutional, and in a separate ruling, stood with a web site designer who was against working with a same-sex couple. US Supreme Court Decisions Reactions, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 30 Jun 2023

    ‘I already work two jobs’: US graduates with kids grapple with student debt

    As the end of the student debt payment pause looms, many parents say they cannot afford to prioritize paying their loans back
  • FILE - People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

    Biden launches ‘most affordable ever’ student loan repayment plan

    Announcement comes two months after supreme court struck down Biden’s original debt forgiveness plan
  • The vast majority of the 43 million Americans who hold a combined $1.75tn in student debt hold loans issued by the federal government, meaning most borrowers will be restarting payments in the fall.

    US graduates: how do you feel about the payment pause on student loans ending soon?

    We’d like to hear from US borrowers with outstanding student loans how having to make repayments again this fall will be affecting their lives

July 2023

  • Joe Biden<br>President Joe Biden leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after attending a Mass, Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Biden administration trials website for new student loan repayment scheme

  • FILE - Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif. The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions Friday on President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program and a case that impacts gay rights. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

    Biden to cancel $39bn in US student debt to fix ‘historical inaccuracies’

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