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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Astra Taylor and Eleni Schirmer

The Biden administration has a chance to deliver student debt relief. It must act

‘Expansive relief will not be delivered if the administration fails to learn the lessons from round one of the cancellation battle: speed and conviction matter.’
‘Expansive relief will not be delivered if the administration fails to learn the lessons from round one of the cancellation battle: speed and conviction matter.’ Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Last week, the Washington Post reported that President Biden recently pressed Jeff Zients, his chief of staff, on the issue of student debt cancellation, telling him “to make sure his team was making the relief as expansive as possible”.

That’s good news for tens of millions of borrowers. But expansive relief will not be delivered if the administration fails to learn the lessons from round one of the cancellation battle: speed and conviction matter.

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