In the latest ruling, the Eighth Circuit turned a non-plaintiff into a plaintiff.
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Posted inEducation in America
Servicer in a Key Student Loan Cancellation Lawsuit Risks a $175 Billion Fine
MOHELA, a servicer involved in the case that heard oral arguments on Wednesday, could be liable under California law if it interferes with a borrower’s right to debt forgiveness.
Posted inLaw and Justice
More Rights in Danger as Supreme Court Term Begins
Threats to voting rights, affirmative action, the environment, and student debt relief take center stage.
Posted inTAP
The Cost of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation
Today on TAP: At $15 billion a year, it’s a good deal for students and for the economy, but it only begins reform of how we pay for higher education.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The American Welfare State Is Designed Horribly
The New York Times report notwithstanding, our signature poverty-fighting policy is a janky mess.
Posted inEducation in America
Warren, Pressley Ask Navient About ‘Attempting to Scam’ Student Loan Borrowers
Emails from the servicing company entice borrowers to refinance into private loans that wouldn’t be eligible for the announced debt forgiveness.
Posted inPodcasts
The Hurdles to Student Debt Relief
‘If part of the theory of adding an income cap was to make this more progressive, the real-world impact was to make it more regressive.’
Posted inEducation in America
Why It’ll Be Tough for Republicans to Cancel Student Debt Cancellation
There are significant legal hurdles, and if Democrats implement debt forgiveness quickly, significant political ones as well.
Posted inEducation in America
Besiege the Ivy League
We can have a better higher-education system, or we can have schools that cater to the elite and privileged. We can’t have both.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Obama-Era Economists Are So Mad About Student Debt Relief
It exposes their failed mortgage debt relief policies after the Great Recession.
