Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Student Loan Debt Widens Racial Wealth Gap

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentNovember 26, 2020

With the freeze placed on student loan repayments set to end December 31, Biden has gotten behind the Democrat-led House’s HEROES Act, which calls on the federal government to pay off up to $10,000 in private, nonfederal student loans for economically distressed borrowers. “People having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent … debt relief should be done immediately,” Biden stated during a news conference on Monday, November 16.

Are Republican Senators in Fear of ‘Don Corleone’ Trump? “Yes!” Says Schumer

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentDecember 26, 2019

On Thursday, December 19, NNPA Newswire interviewed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The discussion covered a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on the impeachment of the president. The Senator also shared some insight on his conversations with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).