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Murphy wants to guarantee more college kids free tuition. Here’s why the plan has promise | Editorial Updated 8:00 AM; Today 8:00 AM Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation to make community college tuition free for lower income students. Now he's extending that promise for two years at a four-year college. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal) Facebook Share All too often, needy students rule out college because they believe the price tag is unaffordable. A 2020 study by three economists found that a 10 percent increase in sticker prices at a public flagship like Rutgers reduces their li...

Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times Last year, as he steamrolled his way to victory in the Democratic presidential primaries, Joe Biden told CNN that the pandemic was “probably the biggest challenge in modern history, quite frankly.” “I think it may not dwarf but eclipse what F.D.R. faced,” he added. Biden referred to Franklin Roosevelt again in an interview with Evan Osnos of The New Yorker. “I’m kind of in the position F.D.R. was,” he said. And a week before the election, Biden gave a speech at Roosevelt’s winter White House in Warm Springs, Ga., where he promised to “...

values. It is separate from the newsroom. March 10, 2021 Credit...Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, via Shutterstock President Biden made it clear that he wanted to move fast and go big to deliver emergency aid to a nation reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, he will realize this goal with the signing of the American Rescue Plan, a sweeping, $1.9 trillion aid package aimed at rescuing the nation from its pandemic slump. This is an early and impressive political win for Mr. Biden: He pushed for a $1.9 trillion deal, and he got an approximately $1...

-48:53 Cancel America’s Student Loan Debt! But How? It’s a trillion-dollar crisis that’s crippling the economy and dooming millions of college graduates. So what’s the fairest way to fix it? Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 jane coaston Today on The Argument, imagine if we wiped away every American’s student loan debt. Should we? The cost of higher education in America has skyrocketed in recent decades. And so have the student loans to pay for it. Americans are carrying more than $1.7 trillion in college debt. That’s more than we owe credit card companies or auto lend...

Does canceling student loan debt actually help those in most need? Biden dismissed calls to cancel $50K loans Tuesday and last updated 2021-02-17 15:27:22-05 WASHINGTON — The debate over student loan forgiveness is intensifying following President Joe Biden's comments during a CNN town hall Tuesday. Biden rejected a questioner's request to cancel $50,000 in student loans. "I will not make that happen," Biden said. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with progressive lawmakers, have called on Biden to issue an executive order canceling $50,000 in debt. "All you need is the flick of the ...