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More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced -- and in many cases eliminated -- under the long-awaited forgiveness plan U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm elections.

With student loan forgiveness possibly on the horizon, here’s who could be included in a jubilee, and who may be left out.

Ewan Johnson’s college dreams nearly crashed down on him after just four days. The saga had started in the mid-2010s near the end of what by his own admission had

Interest rates are rising for both federal and private borrowers. But private loans have fewer protections and are often more expensive, student advocates say.

That latest pause, which goes through August, includes new help for borrowers who were in default before the pandemic.

The Biden administration is trying to give borrowers a better chance of having their debt canceled faster. Read more at Boston.com.

Black women face $1.7 trillion dollars in student loan debt.

Black women face $1.7 trillion dollars in student loan debt.

There is no doubt that the motivation behind the delay in restarting the debt payments is a cynical political calculation to posture as proponents of some form of debt forgiveness in the midterm elections.

A federal judge sentenced former Ald. Ricardo Munoz to 13 months in prison on Thursday for stealing nearly $38,000 from the Chicago Progressive Reform Caucus to pay for personal expenses, including skydiving and a relative’s college tuition.