Drug convictions mean many aren't eligible for debt forgiveness
While the Biden administration champions the $10,000 in forgiveness for federal borrowers, fallout from the decades-long war on drugs means many are inelligible.
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While the Biden administration champions the $10,000 in forgiveness for federal borrowers, fallout from the decades-long war on drugs means many are inelligible.
Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap.
A generation of Black and Hispanic Americans was disproportionately shut out of one of the keys to Biden's plan: the Pell Grant program.
A generation of Black and Hispanic Americans was disproportionately shut out of one of the keys to Biden's plan, the Pell Grant program, as part of the “war on drugs.”
The United States' "war on drugs" came at a steep cost for some young people who were convicted of drug crimes at a young age.