Tag Archives | Student Loan

The Department of Education is collecting delinquent Student Loan Debt

Originally published: The Black Press USA on April 23, 2025 by April Ryan (more by The Black Press USA) (Posted Apr 25, 2025)

The Department of Education will withhold money from tax refunds and Social Security benefits, garnish federal employee wages, and withhold federal pensions from people who have defaulted on their student loan debt.
Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s partial student loan forgiveness plan, 43 million borrowers denied debt relief

Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on July 1, 2023 by Barry Grey (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS)) | (Posted Jul 03, 2023)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday with a stroke of the pen blocked a measure that would have provided limited relief for 43 million Americans suffering under a crushing debt burden of $1.7 trillion in outstanding federal student loans.
No half measures, cancel all student loan debt

Originally published: Hood Communist on May 12, 2022 by Frederick Bell Jr. (more by Hood Communist) | (Posted May 18, 2022)

The material benefits of this pause to student loan payments are not something to be taken lightly. But considering the pause has clearly helped borrowers survive, the question for the Biden administration is simple: Why not make it permanent, and cancel all student debt?