by Claudia Sahm Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently confirmed that student loan repayments would begin again later in 2023, delivering what is likely to be a […]
Tag: student debt
Conservative justices hit a snag in the case to block student loan forgiveness
by Harry Litman Oral arguments before the Supreme Court last Tuesday in a much-watched student loan forgiveness case, Biden v. Nebraska, pitted two of the conservative majority’s […]
Biden’s student loan forgiveness: A look at the plan, its opposition and its costs
MORGANTOWN — West Virginians awaiting student loan debt relief will be able to apply for that relief starting in early October. In West Virginia, there are roughly […]
Forgiving student debt will help W.Va.
President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan (should it be implemented) strikes a valiant compromise between those who preach fiscal responsibility and those who’d like to see […]
Forgiving student loans will prove to be a costly mistake
With last Wednesday’s long-awaited announcement forgiving the debts of certain student borrowers, President Joe Biden hopes to give Democrats a boost in this fall’s midterm elections. Whatever […]
Debt cancellation will help millions, but won’t end the student loan crisis
by Jonathan D. Glater and Dalié Jiménez In a remarkable move, the Biden administration Wednesday announced that it would cancel millions of dollars in federal student loans, […]
May 22 letters to the editor
America needs more civics classes We need more civics, history and government classes in our schools. When you compare the annual federal budgets for education, as a […]
What happens if we forgive student debt?
Yesterday, we discussed the generational cycle of student loan debt: how the pressure from parents, the (unfulfilled) promise of better economic fortunes and skyrocketing tuition over the […]
Student debt is a generational burden
The closer we get the midterm elections, the more debate we hear about student loan forgiveness. President Biden campaigned on tackling the student debt crisis, but he […]
Student loan bailout makes suckers out of rule followers
Two years ago during a campaign stop in Iowa, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was confronted by a parent angry over Warren’s proposal to forgive student loan debt. […]
