Years ago, I was a single dad. My children lived in Massachusetts but spent summers with me in Louisiana. During this time, my children and I occasionally visited Avery Island, where Tabasco hot sauce is made. Avery Island was also known for the alligators that roam...
Borrowers who did not receive a student loan forgiveness email could still get one. And those who don’t qualify for immediate relief could still benefit.
The Biden administration has approved over $116 billion in student loan forgiveness for 3.4 million borrowers across a variety of new initiatives. And more is on the way.
As student loan payments resume in a matter of weeks, the Biden administration is rolling out new interest benefits that will impact millions.
The Biden administration is sending emails to hundreds of thousands of borrowers, notifying them that they have been approved for student loan forgiveness.
A tar baby, in popular parlance, is a difficult problem only made worse by attempts to solve it. The term comes from an Uncle Remus story about Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit. Brer Fox smears a doll with tar and tricks Brer Rabbit into striking the doll repeatedly in a...
The 800,000 borrowers who qualify are just the first wave in what is expected to be one of Biden’s most significant student loan forgiveness initiatives.
Many borrowers may not realize that enrolling in a new Biden initiative when student loan payments resume could wind up cutting them off from other loan repayment plans.
The Biden administration took its first step to establish a new student loan forgiveness program. But borrowers can have a say in what the new plan will look like.
With student loan payments set to resume in weeks, the Biden administration is rolling out a new repayment plan. Here are the key details, and how to apply.
Last week, President Biden announced his decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. Not so long ago, his administration said that the use of cluster bombs was possibly a war crime. Indeed, more than 100 nations–including France, Germany, and Great...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on student loan forgiveness was limited only to Biden’s one-time debt relief plan. Other pathways to forgiveness are still very much available.
The Biden administation has just taken the first step to create a new student loan forgiveness plan in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling.
Millions of Americans will soon have to resume making student loan payments as a three year moratorium comes to an end. Here’s what borrowers need to do now.
Truth, the sages say, is the first casualty of war. This aphorism certainly applies to the war in Ukraine. Who knows what is actually going on? Daily, we read headlines reporting that the Ukrainians have shot down dozens of Russian missiles and drones. The media...
This week, the Biden administration published updated guidance about Biden’s proposed new student loan forgiveness plan. Here’s what we know.
Republicans opposing Biden’s newest student debt relief measures say it’s a backdoor extension of the student loan pause. But it’s a bit more complicated than that.
To no one’s surprise, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The president should have seen it coming. He said himself that he doubted whether he had the authority to forgive student loans. Nevertheless, like a child in a...
Yesterday, in an opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the US Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. The vote was 6 to 3. The Court’s analysis was straightforward. When reviewing admission applications, the decision...
Biden suggested his administration is working on developing a new student loan forgiveness plan under a different legal authority.
In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court has issued a ruling striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Millions of Americans are awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. A decision is coming on Friday — here are the details.
A special California task force has recommended giving Black Californians about $800 billion in reparations in compensation for the exploitation their enslaved ancestors suffered. Some people say this is a bad idea. After all, California never permitted slavery, and...
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program as soon as tomorrow. Here’s how to access it.
A Supreme Court ruling released today may contain significant clues as to how the justices may rule on the legal challenges to Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Simmons University, founded in 1902, is Boston’s only women’s university. Although the school admits men to its graduate programs, its undergraduate school is restricted to women. Actually, that’s not entirely true. Simmons admits transgender students who...
A Supreme Court ruling on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has not been released yet, but should be out very soon. Here are the latest updates.
Three women were stabbed in the New York subways over the weekend. All three were relatively young. A 19-year-old woman with stabbed in the leg while going up a stairway. A few moments later, the same assailant stabbed a 48-year-old woman on a subway platform....
As the student loan pause comes to end and repayment is set to resume, a federal consumer protection agency is warning that millions of borrowers may face new hurdles.
Keeping track of student loan forgiveness and repayment programs can be daunting in the current environment. Here’s a breakdown of the most important dates and deadlines.
A new Supreme Court decision may contain significant clues as to how the justices may rule on challenges to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
A Supreme Court decision on Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiative is imminent. Here’s when to expect a ruling.
Compared to how things were prior to the student loan pause, the student loan landscape will be utterly transformed for many borrowers as they return to repayment.
Texas provides 28 percent of the nation’s wind-generated electricity. Most of the state’s wind turbines are located in West Texas, where the wind blows almost constantly. Anyone driving across the Texas plains has seen thousands of enormous wind turbines...
The Supreme Court may be poised to strike down Biden’s student debt relief plan. But if that happens, there are other student loan forgiveness programs.
After my freshman year at Oklahoma State University, I hitchhiked to Montana, hoping to get a summer job working for the National Forest Service. That plan didn’t work out, and I wound up working in a sawmill in the little town of West Yellowstone. That was the summer...
