Tag: Student Debt
Student Debt Dogs Millennials for a Lifetime and Drags Down the Economy
The student debt problem is exploding, growing three times as fast as any other kind of debt, yet the Trump administration is making it more difficult for students to seek debt relief. Ellen Brown of…
Sanders & Warren Pitch Rival Plans to Address $1.6 Trillion in Student Debt
Renowned education expert Kevin Kumashiro says the plans put forth by two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are a step in the right direction, but America’s fundamentally broken education system needs to be radically…
What the student loan payment restart means for the economy
Tens of millions of Americans are expected to resume paying student loans after a three-year pandemic-era pause. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has more. Plus, Politico education reporter Michael Stratford explains how the Biden administration…
Search for new House speaker, Biden addresses McCarthy’s ouster, more | America Decides
“America Decides” reports on who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next House speaker, President Biden’s reaction to the dysfunction in the House and other top political stories. #news #politics #kevinmccarthy CBS News Streaming Network…
Biden announces the cancelation of $9 billion in student debt | full video
President Biden gave remarks Wednesday after announcing $9 billion in student debt forgiveness for 125,000 borrowers. After the administration’s forgiveness plan was struck down by the United States Supreme Court this summer, Mr. Biden has…
U.S. jobs soared far beyond expectations in September
Businesses are still hiring at a high rate as consumer spending remains robust. Colby Smith, a U.S. economics editor for the Financial Times, joins CBS News with some of the indicators of where the economy…
West Virginia University guts programs, decimates staff in new budget | Working People
The world of higher education has been in shock this past week after West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee announced plans to dramatically cut academic programs and jobs in the coming year. If WVU…
