Heather Jarvis on Student Loans

For people in school and out, good resource and information on student loans — especially to see if you qualify for “Public Service Loan Forgiveness.” Heather Jarvis, the nation’s leading expert, provides free educational resources and training for student loan borrowers and the people who love them. Higher education isn’t…

Foreclosures Trash Communities

From Colorlines: [H]omeowners and organizers in East Oakland, one of the communities hit hardest in the subprime lending boom, gathered up the banks’ trash and delivered it back to them. The action was part of a series of events around the country, organized by the New Bottom Line campaign, that…

US Defense of Immigrants

From ImmigrationProf Blog: First, one reason that the U.S. government is challenging a number of state immigration laws is that the states arguably are usurping federal power to regulate immigration. Immigration regulation, generally speaking, is a power that the national government possesses, not the states. The primary legal argument made…