This chapter discusses the topic of student loan forgiveness under the Biden administration, including the amount of forgiveness approved and the plan to connect loan repayment to income level. It highlights the political feasibility of student loan forgiveness, the growth of the idea of debt cancellation, and recent legislation introduced to address student loan interest rates.
President Biden can’t stop, won’t stop trying to forgive student debt, even as borrowers are shortly expected to resume payments. The Washington Post’s Danielle Douglas-Gabriel explains.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Cristian Ayala, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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