Tag: debt

[ad_1] President Biden announced Tuesday he would extend the pandemic pause on federal student loan payments until August 31, but debtors are demanding total cancellation. We speak with Astra Taylor,…

[ad_1] The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt…

[ad_1] This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge on Tuesday approved yet another adjustment to restructuring some of Puerto…

[ad_1] As calls grow for Biden to extend the moratorium on student debt, we speak with the Debt Collective’s Astra Taylor and feature her new film for The Intercept, “Your…

[ad_1] New York City taxi drivers have entered their second week of hunger striking outside City Hall to demand that the mayor grant debt relief for thousands of drivers impacted…

[ad_1] This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We’re going to turn now to yet another strike that’s underway, this one in…

[ad_1] As President Biden convenes a major climate summit, we speak with two leading climate activists from Africa about the “climate debt” rich countries owe the Global South and the…

[ad_1] We look at pandemic profiteering in the medical system as a new report by Kaiser Health News reveals some of the nation’s richest hospitals recorded hundreds of millions of…

[ad_1] Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says wealthy countries have a responsibility to help the developing world in overcoming the pandemic. He says the response must include vaccine equity as…

[ad_1] Students, campaigners and top Democrats have been pushing President Joe Biden to use executive authority to cancel at least $50,000 in student loan debt per person. Student loan debt…