According to a survey of 1,000 people with student loans, over half of respondents said they wouldn’t be able to make a monthly payment if payments restarted today.
, women hold two-thirds of American student loan debt, and Black women, on average, carry about 22% more student debt than white women.
“I think it's fair to say that [Democrats] won't be able to depend on the votes of young people [and] young Black people if they do not follow through on their promises and make ambitious investments in the economic livelihood of young people everywhere,” Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, senior director of media, culture, and economic justice at the nonprofit civil rights organization Color of Change, told Ishmael.
arguing that Democrats’ success in the upcoming midterm elections will hinge on accomplishing more of their agenda, including making strides on student debt cancellation. “With the stroke of a pen, the president could make massive strides to close gender and racial wealth gaps,” Warren wrote.
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