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Insecurity Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalism. But It Can Spark Resistance.

Oct 22, 2023 | truthout.org | C.J. Polychroniou |Morgan Godvin |Sharon Zhang |Taru Taylor

Capitalism is a socioeconomic system that depends upon exploitation and generates inequality. In a recently published book titled, The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, filmmaker, writer and political organizer Astra Taylor also describes capitalism as an inherently insecurity-producing machine. From education and home ownership to workplace surveillance, capitalism manufactures insecurity, argues Taylor, a co-founder of the Debt Collective.
“Nickels and Dimes”: Biden Touts $9B in Student Debt Relief as Payments Restart

Oct 4, 2023 | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Taru Taylor |Luis Feliz Leon |Chris Walker

Student loan payments resumed for the first time since 2020 on Sunday. BySharon Zhang, TruthoutPublishedOctober 4, 2023President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court's decision on the Administration's student debt relief program in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 30, 2023.
Democrats Tell Biden to “Deliver on Your Promise” of $20,000 Student Debt Relief

Aug 24, 2023 | truthout.org | Jessica Corbett |Jake Johnson |Julia Conley |Taru Taylor

More than four dozen congressional Democrats on Wednesday wrote to the White House urging U.S. President Joe Biden to quickly deliver long-promised student debt cancellation for federal borrowers. While the president announced his initial plan to forgive up to $20,000 per borrower under a 2003 federal law last August, the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority struck down that policy in late June.
Golden Lashes Out at Student Borrowers After Taking Donation From Sallie Mae

Aug 19, 2023 | truthout.org | Julia Conley |Jake Johnson |Sharon Zhang |Taru Taylor

The United States’ first debtors’ union and a former staffer of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden were among those who rebuked the corporate Democrat on Friday after he said in a statement that he opposes student debt relief because it would benefit “privileged” Americans — and refused to answer questions about donations he’s taken from student loan company Sallie Mae.
Judge Rules Against Right-Wing Think Tanks’ Effort to Block Student Debt Relief

Aug 15, 2023 | truthout.org | Jake Johnson |Taru Taylor |Sharon Zhang |Chris Walker

A federal judge in Michigan has rejected an effort by a pair of right-wing think tanks to stop the Biden administration from canceling the student debt of roughly 804,000 borrowers who have been making payments on their loans for more than two decades. In an 18-page decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington of the Eastern District of Michigan — a George W.
Conservative Groups Sue to Block Forgiveness for 800,000 Student Loan Borrowers

Aug 8, 2023 | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Taru Taylor |Wesley Hottot |Amy Goodman

A pair of right-wing groups has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s latest plan to “fix” a key student debt forgiveness program and block 800,000 borrowers from receiving relief. On Friday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit in Michigan on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute, two conservative groups with a history of fighting for right-wing causes.
Minnesota Students Now Get Free Breakfast and Lunch. Will Other States Follow?

Jul 18, 2023 | truthout.org | Nadra Nittle |Sharon Zhang |Jake Johnson |Taru Taylor

Originally published by The 19th. Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Heather Gustafson knows what it’s like to struggle to keep money in her children’s meal accounts at school. Now a Minnesota state senator, Gustafson spent several years as a single mother raising four kids on a modest teacher’s salary.
AOC Renews Call for Clarence Thomas to Be Impeached Following Bombshell Report

Apr 6, 2023 | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Chris Walker |Taru Taylor |Amy Goodman

Calls for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached erupted again on Thursday after a bombshell report from ProPublica unveiled ethics violations at a level that experts say has never before been seen within the Supreme Court.
Moms Urge IL Leaders to Pardon Survivors of Police Torture, Wrongful Convictions

Mar 10, 2023 | truthout.org | Makaelah Walters |Frances Madeson |Nadine Naber |Taru Taylor

This article was originally published at Prism. Ten parents (nine mothers and one father) make up Mothers of the Kidnapped (MOK), the feminist abolitionist collective partnering with the United Nations to demand Illinois officials pardon all survivors of police torture and wrongful convictions. Their sons are 10 of more than 500 people whose cases have piled up on the desks of Illinois Gov.