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[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/mayor-national-guard-washington-dc by David Smith 12/8/25 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/mayor-national-guard-washington-dc by David Smith 12/8/25 The Guardian] | ||
Speaking after a meeting with the attorney general, Pam Bondi, at the justice department, Bowser told reporters: “I won’t go into the details of our operational plan at this point but you will see the Metropolitan police department (MPD) working side by side with our federal partners in order to enforce the effort that we need around the city.” | Speaking after a meeting with the attorney general, Pam Bondi, at the justice department, Bowser told reporters: “I won’t go into the details of our operational plan at this point but you will see the Metropolitan police department (MPD) working side by side with our federal partners in order to enforce the effort that we need around the city.” | ||
=====Student Debt is a Racial Justice Issue. Here’s What President Biden Can Do to Help.===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/student-debt-is-a-racial-justice-issue-heres-what-president-biden-can-do-to-help by Rakim Brooks 30/3/21 ACLU] | |||
Higher education has long been held as a critical gateway to getting a job and achieving economic stability and mobility. But because of long-standing systemic racial discrimination, Black families have far less wealth to draw on to pay for college, creating barriers for Black communities to access higher education and build wealth. Black families are more likely to borrow, to borrow more, and to have trouble in repayment. Two decades after taking out their student loans, the median Black borrower still owes 95 percent of their debt, whereas the median white borrower has paid off 94 percent of their debt. | |||
