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    'Student debt is a crisis': Activists rally outside Supreme Court for loan forgiveness

    by Arit John, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2023 3 minutes
    Ed Markey speaks as people rally in the rain to show support for the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, in front of the the Supreme Court of the United States the evening before the court is scheduled to hear arguments about the plan on Feb. 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

    WASHINGTON — Hundreds of debt advocates and progressive political organizers gathered outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday while justices heard oral arguments in two cases challenging President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for some borrowers.

    Several speakers, including some members of Congress, defended the president's decision to cancel the debt and framed loan forgiveness as an economic and racial justice issue.

    The rally was organized by a coalition of more than two dozen

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