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Articles by Jamie Ricks
Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation: As “Plan B” Emerges, What’s at Stake?
A year ago, in Biden v. Nebraska, the US Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s executive order to cancel up to $20,000 in debt per borrower. Since then, the Biden administration has taken incremental steps to reduce debt. As of January 2024, 3.7 million Americans had received a total of $136.6 billion in debt forgiveness. By April, those numbers had increased to $153 billion for 4.3 million Americans. But most Americans with student debt have still not received any forgiveness to date.
Where Is Economic Justice Policy Now—And Where Does It Need to Go? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
For months, commentators have been interrogating why the public’s perception of the economy is so negative when, by standard measures, it is booming. This is an important question that may well decide the presidential election. But looking beyond the election to the progressive policy agenda going forward requires asking something else: What is the relationship between a booming economy and economic justice?
To Decommodify Housing, We Must Challenge Homeownership
The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: A Policy Vision from the Movement for Black Lives.” View the full webinar here. Rosemary Ndubuizu: The value of…de-commodified housing that’s rooted in gender, racial, and Indigenous justice would require that we start to unpack some very ugly truths about our economy. In this country, 20 percent of our Gross Domestic Product is housing-related. It’s all about the housing economy.
Women of Color Deserve Quality Professional Development
Throughout my 10-year career in the nonprofit sector, working as a program director in youth development and later as an operations director in philanthropy, professional development has often entailed a one- to two-hour webinar on cultivating relationships or a half-day session on best practices in program management and has always felt like punishment from those in charge.
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