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The Oakland Post

A Trusted Source of Independent Student Journalism since 1987.

The Oakland Post

A Trusted Source of Independent Student Journalism since 1987.

The Oakland Post

President Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court's decision to block his student debt relief plan.

SCOTUS rules against Biden’s student debt relief plan

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief June 30, 2023

In a 6-3 vote on Friday, June 30, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan that would’ve eliminated debt for millions of U.S. citizens.  President Joe Biden...

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OU students comment on President Biden’s student debt relief plan

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief September 14, 2022

On Aug. 24, 2022 President Joe Biden announced his three-part student debt relief plan, a plan that had been a campaign promise since March 2020. The plan promises to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt...

President Biden has extended the pause on student loan repayment plans.

Student loan repayment plans scheduled to resume May 1

Alexander Gustanski, Senior Reporter January 12, 2022

President Biden extended the pause on student loan repayment plans that were previously set to expire on February 1. This comes as a response to the millions of student debtors still coping with the impacts...

If Congress won’t do their jobs, fire them

By Editors October 15, 2013

We don’t mean to alarm you, but the government shutdown has been in effect for two weeks now. Plus now there’s a debt ceiling crisis.We’re a nation of 313.9 million people, and we’re letting a...

OU officials address federal student loan controversy

By Jake Alsko August 30, 2013

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi asserted in his August 2013 story, “Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal” that the United States government stands to make an estimated $184 billion over...

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