DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin for stopping affordable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> repayment plans</p><p>The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators. </p><p>By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025</p><p>"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.</p><p>"The American Federation of Teachers (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFT</span></a>), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.</p><p>"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDR</span></a>) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalLaw</span></a>.</p><p>"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PSLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSLF</span></a>), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/teache</span><span class="invisible">rs-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>