Yesterday, the corrupt majority on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to
greenlight discrimination in our education system by overturning 45 years
of precedent. By striking down affirmative action, justices ignored
hundreds of years of slavery and decades of Jim Crow, deciding that
generational violence and inequality no longer play a part in society.
This will have devastating consequences on those who have been
historically excluded, undervalued, and overlooked -- especially Black,
brown, and Indigenous students.
But the court was not done.
Today, SCOTUS blocked President Biden from implementing his student debt
relief plan, despite the president’s clear legal authority to do so.
Biden’s plan would have provided $10,000 in relief for federal education
debt for anyone who made less than $125,000 in 2020 or 2021 -- and to
cancel an additional $10,000 for anyone who received Federal Pell Grants.
It is important to note that education debt is a racial and social justice
issue. Loans with high interest rates keep people mired in debt their
whole lives, simply for seeking higher education.
Student loans widen the racial wealth gap and disproportionately harm
Black women.
Thankfully, there is still plenty that the Biden administration can do.
Instead of citing a national emergency to cancel education debt, which the
Supreme Court just struck down, the president can instead cite the Higher
Education Act of 1965, which covers federal aid programs including student
loans and provides the Secretary of Education with the ability to waive
federal education loans.^1
[ [link removed] ]Sign the Progressive Change Campaign Committee's petition now and tell
the Biden administration to use the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel
student debt!
Right now, nearly 45 million Americans are saddled with education debt,
which further entrenches systemic racism and the cycle of poverty.
Meanwhile, billionaires are buying Supreme Court justices, including hedge
fund billionaire Paul Singer who funded the lawsuits against student debt
relief. ProPublica recently reported that Singer took Justice Alito on a
luxury fishing vacation to Alaska worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
that Alito never reported.^2
At the same time, Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose that
billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow paid for Thomas’s nephew’s private
school education.^3 Apparently, Justice Thomas has no problem secretly
taking payments from billionaires to pay for his own family’s education
while tens of millions of working class Americans are denied the ability
to begin families, buy homes, and build generational wealth.
[ [link removed] ]Take action today to fight back against Supreme Court rulings that put
the wants of billionaires ahead of the needs of millions of Americans. Add
your name to the PCCC's petition urging the White House to use the Higher
Education Act to cancel student debt now.
Canceling student debt would relieve a heavy burden from struggling
families and get us closer to a world where we can all not only survive,
but thrive.
In solidarity,
-- Rashida
^1 [ [link removed] ]Advocates: This 1965 law could be used to cancel student debt
^2 [ [link removed] ]Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP
Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
^3 [ [link removed] ]Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the
Tuition.
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