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The progressive case against student loan forgiveness

Jun 26, 2019

The progressive case against student loan forgiveness

President Trump can't seem to get on the same page with... well... anyone. Bernie Sanders' and Elizabeth Warren's student loan forgiveness policies might not be so "woke" after all. A witness to the Stonewall riots looks back at the historic protests 50 years on.

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Would forgiving student loans benefit the neediest?

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Jun 26, 2019

Progressive economists dispute who would benefit most from erasing higher-education debt.

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