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Your Student Loans Are Paused– But Not Yet Pardoned
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Your Student Loans Are Paused– But Not Yet Pardoned

Quinci LeGardye California Black MediaJanuary 28, 2021

On Jan. 20, at the request of President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would extend the federal student loan payment moratorium, suspending payments on student loans through Sept. 30. The interest rates on these loans will also stay at 0 % until Sept. 30.

Experts: Reparations Are Workable and Should Be Provided
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Experts: Reparations Are Workable and Should Be Provided

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMay 3, 2019

“With the racial divide stoked by President Donald Trump’s racial bias, the need for some healing among the races is a progressive and necessary policy and redress and reparations promote this healing so that we can move toward a less factionalized, less racially divided country,” Minami said.