[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to tell the Biden administration: Don’t let
right-wing extremists stop you! Enact your backup plan to provide student
debt relief to millions of Americans!

Dear MoveOn member,

On Friday, corrupt, Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices shamefully
ripped President Biden’s student loan relief away from millions of
Americans.^1 This decision means that tens of millions of borrowers are
now left without a lifeline, especially with student loan repayments
restarting again on August 31.

But this is not the end! President Biden has since responded to these
attacks, authorizing use of the Higher Education Act.^2 Using this
authority, the Department of Education can provide debt cancellation for
borrowers we already know qualify AND create a new relief program through
its rule-making process.^3

We just have to come together and get loud to make sure that Biden upholds
his promises to cancel student debt as soon as possible!

[ [link removed] ]Will you take action now and sign the petition to tell the Biden
administration to exhaust every avenue to cancel student debt?

Friday’s decision is not the end. There are still many tools that have
been used time and time again in our history to provide borrowers the
relief that they desperately need. The Biden administration can and must
use them.

[3]Sign the petition

Unfortunately, blocking student debt relief for millions of people wasn’t
the only harmful decision that these corrupt right-wing judges made. Just
yesterday, they gutted affirmative action but left protections in place
for legacy admissions. Their decision will favor white and wealthy folks
while pushing Black and brown folks to the margins.^4 And Friday, just
before they released the student debt decision, their ruling paved the way
for businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.^5

Time and time again, the far-right majority of the Supreme Court puts
special interests and politics ahead of people and above delivering
justice under the law.

But we will not be silenced. Millions have had to wait in economic limbo
for nearly a year, and we will not accept a return to the failed status
quo. MoveOn members have been signing petitions, making calls to members
of Congress, rallying at SCOTUS, and sharing stories on how crushing
student debt affects all of us. 

It’s now up to President Biden and his administration to ensure borrowers
finally receive promised relief another way.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to the petition to tell the Biden
administration to immediately provide student debt relief to millions of
Americans!

Student debt fuels economic, gender, and racial inequality. Our persistent
racial wealth gap means that students of color, especially those who are
Black or brown, are more likely to have student debt, borrow in higher
quantities, and face more struggles in repayment.^6

A higher education should be the key to a better future, instead of a
lifetime debt sentence that limits borrowers’ ability to buy homes, start
small businesses, and save for retirement, cutting into opportunities for
wealth-building over their lifetimes. This is why student loan
cancellation is so important.

[ [link removed] ]Will you take action now and sign the petition?

Republicans and Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices cannot have
the last word. We won’t let them win. We have to push back and be in
solidarity with each other.

Together, we can keep getting loud to show the Biden administration that
we need them to enact the Higher Education Act as soon as possible to give
millions of Americans the relief they need.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this important petition, then pass it
along to three friends to spread the word.

Thanks for all you do.

–Jensine, Mia, Oscar, Madeleine, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Supreme Court’s conservatives strike down Biden student debt
forgiveness plan," "PBS NewsHour," June 30, 2023
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2. "Biden announces new efforts to provide student debt relief after court
loss," NBC News, June 30, 2023
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3. "What is the Higher Education Act?" News Nation, June 30, 2023
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4. "Affirmative action for white college applicants is still here," Vox,
June 30, 2023
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5. "Supreme Court Rules Businesses Can Discriminate Against Gay People,"
Rolling Stone, June 30, 2023
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6. "How Student Loan Forgiveness Can Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap and
Advance Economic Justice," Legal Defense Fund, accessed June 30, 2023
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