Tag: DSA

How the student loan debt crisis forces low-income students of color into the military. Anna Attie / In These Times - When James Gard­ner got injured play­ing bas­ket­ball as a DePaul Uni­ver­si­ty fresh­man, he lost his finan­cial aid pack­age and was dropped from his class­es. To stay in school, he took out a $10,000 loan. Soon, Gard­ner (a pseu­do­nym request­ed in fear of reprisal) and his fa ...