Today on TAP: With the climate bill safely signed into law, Biden can get on with this long-delayed executive action.
student debt
Posted inEducation in America
Education Department Won’t Hold For-Profit College Executives Personally Accountable
A top official at the department claims he needs executives’ personal signatures on specific documents to make them financially liable for defrauding their students. But he already has them.
Posted inPodcasts
The Case for Student Debt Cancellation
Economist Marshall Steinbaum explains why the idea is both good and unavoidable.
Posted inDay One Agenda
How to Dismantle For-Profit Colleges, Without Congress
A previously undisclosed memo to the Education Department offers a step-by-step guide to closing predatory schools before they suck up more federal loans.
Posted inEducation in America
All Corinthian College Loans to Be Canceled
Thanks in large part to activist work from a group of debt strikers,
over half a million borrowers of the defunct for-profit college chain will have their
loans forgiven.
Posted inPolitics
Susan Rice Criticized for Creating ‘Abusive and Dehumanizing’ Workplace
Current and former White House officials say that Rice routinely berates colleagues, including Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Posted inEducation in America
Means-Testing Student Debt Relief: Big Hassle, No Results
Almost nobody will likely fall above the proposed income threshold. It’s purely a tax on borrowers’ time.
Posted inTAP
Going Small
Today on TAP: Why does Joe Biden keep dithering on student debt cancellation?
Posted inEducation in America
Republicans Admit Biden Can Cancel Student Debt
A new bill tries to claw back authority given to the executive branch on debt cancellation.
Posted inTAP
The Political Case for Student Debt Cancellation
Today on TAP: Tens of millions of young Americans of moderate income are crushed by debt. Joe Biden could be their hero.