Plus, Moderna has great news on its vaccine. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for November 16, 2020.
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Posted inPolitics
How the Education Gap Is Crippling the Left
Increasingly, Democrats rely on highly educated voters to make up their base. That sits uncomfortably with the party’s historical role of uplifting all workers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Student Loan Giant Navient Reaps Backdoor Federal Reserve Subsidy
Securities based on the student loans Navient owns are eligible for purchase through a Fed rescue program. Already $218 million has been scooped up.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Student Loan Hustle Inside the HEALS Act
This is an example of why that bill should be made inactive. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 29, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: States and Consumer Advocates Battling for Student Borrowers
The Feds may let down student borrowers during the pandemic, but a recent federal court case demonstrates that Americans can fight back. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 31, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Tragic Bipartisan War on Public Education
Coronavirus fallout could end public schooling as we know it.
Posted inEducation in America
For-Profit Colleges See Opportunity in Depression
An industry with a sketchy track record has ramped up advertising to desperate prospective students.
Posted inTAP
Student Debt and the Fed
Today on TAP: If the Fed can bail out Wall Street, why not college students?
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Why Relief for Mortgage and Student Loan Borrowers Must Be Automatic
Also, Donna Shalala admits to breaking the law, and the Democrats’ sad strategy. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 22, 2020.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Warren Commits to Using Executive Authority to Cancel Student Debt
Using the power granted under the Higher Education Act, Warren vows to cancel student debt on day one.