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Topic: Debt forgiveness

U.S. President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (L) as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden to cancel student debt for 800,000

Sophia Tesfaye
Student debt with sad face written on white sticky note on top of cash money with stack of money and coins (Getty Images)

Student debt's mental health crisis

Nicole Karlis
Betsy Devos (Getty/ Alex Wong)

Loan forgiveness? Nope, says Betsy

Igor Derysh
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DeVos: No sympathy for the defrauded

Nicole Karlis
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Hillary Clinton (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Clinton wrong on student debt

Paul Blest
John Oliver (HBO)

What John Oliver missed

David Dayen
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