Rev. Jesse Jackson

Education Stimulus Plan: The 1 Percent Solution

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

One of the most impressive proposals advanced by President Barack Obama to aid college students is the creation of a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for 100 hours of community service. While that program is still in the developmental stage, the Rainbow Coalition offers a plan that will immediately benefit students holding college loans.

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Financing College Still an Uphill Battle

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

As billions are poured out of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and elsewhere to bail out Wall Street, students are wondering why they have been left to the mercy of banks that are profiting big-time by busting the dreams of young college students and graduates.
Increasingly they are starting to understand what is happening – and starting to get angry. The story begins with...

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