A new survey of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions finds that lmost half have struggled with food insecurity in the past 30 days, including at schools in California. In the report, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, many students said they ve had to choose between paying rent and buying food. .
Workers in public service have a federal program at their disposal which could help wipe away student debt, but many struggle to apply. A bill in the Washington state Legislature aims to fix it. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program erases student debt for public servants after they make 10 years of payments, and was streamlined by the Biden administration last year. .