Astra Taylor has a résumé that defies the notion of résumé building. She is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and organizer, and, during the past couple of decades, her itinerant intellect has taken her cruising around New York in a Volvo with Cornel West (for her 2008 documentary on philosophers, “Examined Life”), interviewing Syrian refugees in … Read more
Options for student loan repayments More than 800,000 borrowers with $39 billion in federal student loans will get their debt forgiven, the Biden administration said on Friday. The Department of Education said it will begin notifying borrowers today about the automatic discharge of their debt, which will occur in the next few weeks. The debt … Read more
The finances of about 40 million Americans with college loans may take a hit now that the Supreme Court has struck down President Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 per person in student debt. Borrowers are now facing a double whammy this summer because the high court invalidated the plan just before the pause on … Read more