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Biden Education Dept. Reverses on Student Debt Case After Reporting Stirred Outrage

“This is why we have to support journalism,” one reporter said of The Daily Poster’s work exposing the administration’s attempt to “overturn a key legal victory for borrowers.”

By Jessica Corbett.  Published 2-4-2022 by Common Dreams

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In a boon for both student borrowers and investigative reporting, the U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced a reversal related to student loan court challenge just two days after The Daily Poster revealed the Biden administration was trying to “bolster a legal precedent against millions of debtors being crushed by bankruptcy laws.”

A Department of Education (DOE) spokesperson confirmed in a statement that the administration will now withdraw a notice of appeal filed last month after a federal judge in Delaware ruled in favor of providing 35-year-old Ryan Wolfson, an epileptic man who struggled to find full-time employment, with nearly $100,000 in student loan relief. Continue reading

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