Braxton Brewington is the Press Secretary of the Debt Collective. We discuss the origins of the Debt Collective in the Rolling Jubilee and its history in canceling student debt. Their example is a powerful model for canceling student debt, which continues to be important for all Americans in this election cycle and beyond.
Education is a public good, yet the cost of college over the past couple of decades has risen eight times faster than the average wages. The average student debt is $30,000-$35,000. Two thirds of student debt is owed by women, and a large number of student loan borrowers don't have a college degree. This means that they are paying down student debt on non-college degree wages. The Debt Collective started out as the Rolling Jubilee, which canceled tens of millions of dollars of debt and gave instant relief to borrowers. Canceling student debt creates millions of jobs, boosts the economy, and advances racial and gender justice. Although the Biden administration has canceled billions in student debt, it is only making a small dent in over $1.7 trillion worth of student loans.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Braxton Brewington
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
Equity in Healthcare: Georges Benjamin, MD
Inclusive Excellence: Franklin Gilliam
Implicit Teacher Bias: Dr. Walter Gilliam
Unapologetically Indigenous: Sarah Pierce and Amy Sazue
Separation and Supremacy: Laura Briggs
Unions & Racial Justice: Tamara Lee
State-Sponsored Segregation: Richard Rothstein
Ending The Filibuster: Eli Zupnick
Critical Race Theory: Mari Matsuda
White Too Long: Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.
Surveillance Capitalism: Shoshana Zuboff
Fixing Public Schools: Ted Dintersmith
Reimagining Higher Education: Leon Botstein
Ending the Counter-Revolution: Bernard Harcourt
Reimagining Law Enforcement: Norm Stamper
The Precarity of Taxi Work: Veena Dubal
The Future of Antitrust: Zephyr Teachout
A Keynesian Future: Zach Carter
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