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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Title : Self Care Tips

Self-care is essential to maintain our physical, mental and emotional health. In today’s fast-paced world, it is easy to neglect ourselves in favor …

Title : Self Care Tips

Open Thread | FYI About Student Loan Forgiveness | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Some student-loan borrowers have just 1 month left to get closer to debt cancellation — and they need to take action
Ayelet Sheffey Apr 1, 2024, 4:31 AM CDT

Some student-loan borrowers have one month left to benefit from one-time account adjustments.
Borrowers who do not have qualifying loans need to consolidate by April 30.
The Education Department expects to complete account adjustments in July.

Some student-loan borrowers have just one month to get closer to debt relief.

President Joe Biden’s Education Department is nearing the end of its one-time account adjustment for borrowers on income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

First implemented last summer, the adjustment allowed the department to evaluate borrowers’ accounts every other month to determine which borrowers qualified for debt relief but had yet to receive it. The department said it expects adjustments to be completed by July 1 — and while it happens automatically for some borrowers, others will need to take action soon to benefit from the temporary provision.

To benefit from the adjustment, borrowers must be in the federal direct loan program or the Federal Family Education Loan program with government-held loans. The department recommends that For those without qualifying loans apply to consolidate into one of the programs by April 30.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also released an advisory in early March reminding borrowers of the consolidation deadline. It said that borrowers with the following federal loans will need to consolidate to benefit from the adjustment:

Commercially held FFEL loans

Parent PLUS loans

Perkins loans

Health Education Assistance Loan Program loans

To consolidate, borrowers can go to studentaid.gov/loan-consolidation.

Source: Open Thread | FYI About Student Loan Forgiveness | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Songs I like (19) | beetleypete

Sylvester James was an openly gay and often cross-dressed singer who performed in American vocal groups from the early 1970s. I had never heard of him until he released the solo single ‘You Make Me Feel Mighty Real’, in 1978. I heard it on the radio and bought the single the same day, enjoying the relentless disco beat.

I never bought another of his records, and only recently discovered that he had died of AIDS in 1987. This song was later covered by the British singer Jimmy Somerville, formerly of the group The Communards, and he had a huge hit with it in 1989. I still prefer Sylvester’s original.

The lyrics are on the video.

Source: Songs I like (19) | beetleypete