Show Notes // Episode 11: Should the USA Forgive Student Loans?

And we’re back from a (brief) hiatus! I hope you had a lovely week last week! Thank you for your patience!

Episode 11 of the We the Voters podcast asks and answers big questions about student loan forgiveness in the United States. I walk through the history of student loan debt, higher education and their role in US society today. 

Then, I look at the issue from two sides: (A) student loans should be forgiven, relieving millions of Americans relief from crippling debt and (B) student loans should not be forgiving, as this could potentially harm the economy, creating more problems than it solves.

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Articles and Research Referenced in this Episode

Here is an Indiana University timeline about the history of higher education in the US. 

Here is a history timeline of student loans in the United States.

Here is more history about the history of student loans. 

Here is more information on the Student Aid Bill of Rights. 

Here is more information about the Perkins Loan Program. 

Here is some information about President Trump’s student loan plan. 

Here is more information about President Trump’s student loan plan.

Here is some information about President Biden’s student loan plan. 

Here is more information about President Biden’s student loan plan. 

Here is the Pew Research Center study about student loans. 

Here is the Harvard University study about student loans.

Here is the Gallup poll about student loans. 

Here are NCES facts about student enrollment. 

Here are statistics about student loan debt in the US. 

Here are statistics about student loans in the US. 

Here is the US News and World Report article about tuition costs. 

Here is some information about private student loans. 

Here is some information about federal student loans. 

Here is the Morning Consult poll about student loan debt forgiveness. 

Here is the Business Insider article about student loan debt.

Here is the Harvard Business Review article about student loan debt. 

Here is the CNBC article about student loan debt and home ownership. 

Here is the Twitter thread about student loan debt forgiveness. 

Here is the NPR article about student loan debt. 

Here is the Fox Business article about student loan debt.

Here is the Girlboss article about student loan debt. 

Here is the CNBC article about student loan debt. 

Here are some statistics about student loan debt.

Here is an article about student loan debt and racial inequity. 

Here is the Brookings Institute brief on student loan debt. 

Here is the Forbes op-ed about student loan debt forgiveness. 

Here are the Bureau of Labor Statistics data about unemployment. 

Here is the NBC News op-ed about student loan forgiveness. 

Here is the CNBC article about student loan forgiveness. 

Here is a Brookings Institute brief about student loan debt forgiveness. 

Here is the CRFB brief about student debt forgiveness. 

Here is the CNBC article about student loan debt and taxes. 

Here is the Business Insider article about student loan debt. 

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