By Joseph Williams Having spent months fixing the botched overhaul of the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for Black college-bound students: […]
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Royce West Outs Truth About Senate Bill 4: It Relies On Racial Profiling
Texas protesters marched in opposition to Senate Bill 4, a controversial Texas immigration law that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest individuals suspected of entering the United States illegally, despite being ruled Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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FAFSA Fiasco Could Keep Black Kids Out of College This Fall
The rollout of the redesigned Free Application for Federal Student Aid has been delayed and plagued with bugs and glitches, resulting in a 29% decline in overall applications and a 35% decline among low-income and minority students.
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SB4, the Border, and the Valorization of Racial Profiling
SB4 is currently on hold in the State of Texas due to its unconstitutionality and potential for racialized policing, while protesters continue to demonstrate against it and call for open borders.
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The Cost of Being a Woman: A $1.6 Trillion Yearly Wage Gap
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Despite some progress on the gender wage gap, women still make less than men, with women of color suffering the most. […]
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Gen-Z’s Worries Over Student Debt Could Impact the 2024 Election
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised sweeping action on student debt. His plan to cancel at least $10,000 of […]
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Thanks to Biden, 153K More People Kiss Student Debt Goodbye
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black As promised, this week the Biden-Harris administration canceled student loan debt for borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) […]
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Biden-Harris Administration Take Steps to Address Racial Wage Gap
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Taraji P. Henson’s powerful statement that highlighted the glaring wage disparities faced by Black women in Hollywood perhaps pales in comparison […]
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Didn’t Pay Your Student Loans? You’re Not Alone
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Student loan payments were on pause for more than three years, and then Congress restarted them. Now, two months after repayments […]
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Are Income Share Agreements the New Student Loans?
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black After the Supreme Court handed down two devastating losses on affirmative action and the sweeping plan to cancel student loan debt, […]