Student loan borrowers are seeing a stark change in their payments after the Trump administration made significant changes to income-driven repayment plans. Some have seen their payments quadruple after programs such as former President Joe Biden’s SAVE plan were paused. Student loan payment amounts have skyrocketed Some recent graduates say their loan payments have quadrupled […]
The White House issued a new executive order on Friday, explained by a Fact Sheet with the misleading title “President Donald J. Trump Restores Public Service Loan Forgiveness.” White House bans loan forgiveness for so-called ‘anti-American activists’ The document began, “Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end taxpayer-funded student loan forgiveness […]
An Illinois woman is fighting for her son after the government listed the child as deceased and blocked the mother from claiming the boy as a dependent on her taxes. Eboney McDaniel said the Social Security Administration and the IRS are blaming each other for the error while she is trying to find a solution. The post […]
Booker is now facing charges in the Monroe Circuit Court, received more than $36,000 in donations through GoFundMe following the incident. Hamner in October granted Booker representation by way of a public defender after Booker said during a hearing that he was unemployed and had less than $500 in savings. However, the Public Defender’s Office […]
A Black woman files lawsuit against the Delaware Division of state police was blockaded and held at gunpoint by plainclothes officers last month until they realized she was not the suspect they were looking for. The lawsuit filed on July 14 in U.S. District Court, Martiayna Watson was the victim of “assault and battery, use of […]
During the fall of 2019 it seemed like St. Louis County Lt. Col. Troy Doyle was to become the department’s first Black police chief. However, it all came to a stop when County Executive Sam Page started having campaign contribution issues, according to a discrimination lawsuit Doyle filed according to KSDK. Page told Doyle he […]
A Minneapolis firefighter who wept as she recalled being prevented from using her EMT training to help George Floyd will be back on the stand Wednesday in the trial of the fired police officer charged in Floyd’s death. Genevieve Hansen, one of several bystanders seen and heard shouting at Derek Chauvin as he pinned Floyd facedown outside a convenience […]
Next Friday and Menance II Society actor Clifton Powell revealed that he still has trouble securing roles due to colorism and discrimination in the entertainment industry. On Thursday, entertainment blog The Jasmine Brand aired a conversational interview between Powell and host Robin Ayers. In the chat, Powell shared insights into his career and his view on the film […]