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Biden will forgive $5.8 Billion in student debt from for-profit Corinthian Colleges
The historic move will amount to the largest single student-debt cancellation ever by the federal government. In other words, it's a good start — let's keep going.
In the largest single student-debt cancellation ever by the federal government, the Education Department announced that it will forgive all outstanding loans held by students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges. In total, the department will forgive $5.8 billion in student-loan debt, held by an estimated 560,000 student borrowers. The Corinthian schools were founded in 1995 and closed in 2015, when the company declared bankruptcy; all who attended within that time period are eligible for debt forgiveness, and the cancellation will occur automatically. Of the now-defunct company, said Education Secretary Miguel Cardonay. “Corinthian engaged in wholesale financial exploitation of students, misleading them into taking on more and more debt to pay for promises they would never keep.” While many are celebrating the administration’s announcement, Biden is still facing pressure from some activists to cancel all student-loan debt.
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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republican gives a jaw-dropping excuse for latest shooting
Another day, another despicable GOP attempt to distract from the guns at the root of our violence crisis.
Republicans pull HORRIFIC stunt after Texas shooting
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unbelievable.
Jan. 6 committee obtains email outlining early plan to try to overturn Trump's 2020 loss
The House select committee investigating the insurrection obtained a December 2020 proposal from a lawyer to Rudy Giuliani and others that sketched out an early, rough plan to launch a coup to stop Joe Biden from taking his elected place as president.
Take Action: Tell Congress to break the school-to-prison pipeline!
Buffalo supermarket gunman indicted on terror, hate charge
This an important and positive development, but never forget that he couldn't have done it without the support of the NRA and their Republican Party henchmen.
Speaker Pelosi announces that the House will consider assault weapons ban legislation
Democrats are pushing legislation to stop the bloodshed while Republicans make excuses to keep it flowing.
Take Action: Tell Congress: Ban assault rifles!
Police update on Tulsa hospital shooting that killed 5
Yesterday's massacre proves once again that even if they wanted to, police cannot respond fast enough to mass shootings to keep people safe.
This must be the moment of change
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Anti-abortion fanatic charged for threatening to kill Chuck Schumer over Roe v. Wade
The right-winger in question left the Senate Majority Leader a threatening voicemail riddled with offensive slurs.
Take Action: Tell Democrats: No donations from PACs and companies that support insurrectionists!
California’s unprecedented reparations report details 150 years of anti-Black harm
A new report from California’s first-in-the-country statewide reparations task force details how slavery touched nearly every aspect of Black life in America, producing "innumerable harms" that are still felt today.
Kamala Harris unveils White House plan to address global water security
It's one of the greatest problems the world will face in the coming years, and it isn't even on Republicans' radars.
Biden administration lifts Trump-era restrictions on Cuba flights
Once again, a Democratic president has reversed red scare era restrictions that do nothing but punish Cuban civilians and inconvenience American travelers.
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Today’s Action: Pass the Equality Act for Pride Month!
June is Pride Month, the time we pay tribute to those involved in the Stonewall riots of 1969, celebrate our LGBTQ+ communities, and spotlight the ongoing fight for true equality.
Waves of transphobic and homophobic legislation have been advancing through GOP-controlled state legislatures throughout the country, while the Equality Act is unsurprisingly stuck in the muck that is the US Senate. Conservatives emboldened by Donald Trump’s normalization of brazen discrimination are waging relentless war on LGBTQ+ communities, attempting to undo decades of hard-fought progress. The best way to show support this Pride Month is demanding our senators pass the Equality Act immediately, and finally deliver basic protections to LGBTQ+ people.
Call (202.224.3121) or email your senators and tell them to join 72% of Americans in supporting H.R. 5, the Equality Act this Pride Month!
Anti-LGBTQ+ bills ramrodded through state legislatures go against best practices defined by leading medical professionals and wage war on already marginalized, vulnerable youth. Hundreds of bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ bills have made the rounds in state legislatures this year alone. In Idaho, lawmakers threatened to jail librarians who "let" minors check out "harmful" materials (the only content mentioned was LGBTQ+, of course.) Legislation that the Human Rights Campaign called "the most anti-transgender legislative package ever passed" made it all the way to the desk of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for signature this year. We cannot allow our elected officials to continue normalizing oppression and legalizing hate.
This draconian legislation is not just simply designed to deny basic protections to LGBTQ+ people, it is openly encouraging power-hungry GOP ringleaders to wage war on their very existence. Conservatives have been scapegoating and persecuting the oppressed for centuries under the guise of religious freedom. The ability to persecute others is not something that makes America "free." What is important is the ability for all, regardless of identity, to live an equitable life. We clearly have a long way to go to fulfill that promise. Enough is enough.
Email or call (202.224.3121) your senators and demand they pass the Equality Act!
PS — Please don't forget to sign the petition telling the Senate to pass the Equality Act for Pride Month, and be sure to follow OD Action on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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