Debt Forgiveness

Managing Cash

Michael Kaiser | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Payables, Cash Flow, Arts Management, Arts, Debt, Cash on Hand, American Ballet Theatre, Debt Forgiveness, Revenue, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

As with all aspects of fixing a troubled organization, celebrate successes. When the entire organization celebrates the shrinking level of vendor debt, everyone becomes more confident that solvency can be achieved.

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Jason Linkins

Blogger Manages To Get Pro-Student Loan Forgiveness Piece Onto WaPo Website

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Wall Street Bailout, Media Criticism, Student Loan Forgiveness, Washington Post, Student Loans, Debt Forgiveness, Media News

An email tipster points me to this article on the Washington Post's website from Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, who argues that "[w]e need to start taki...

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Forgive Student Loan Debts to Stimulate the Economy

Brett Greene | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: We Are the 99%, Debt, Economic Stimulus, Debt Elimination, Federal Student Loans, Debt Forgiveness, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Occupy Wall Street, Denver News
Brett Greene

Most of the people I know with student loans do not expect to be able to pay them off in less than 30 years. Some of them do not know if they will be able to pay off their student loan debt in their lifetime.

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Jason Linkins

Trying To Discern Occupy Wall Street's 'Demands'? Think 'Jubilee'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Video, Bottom 99 Percent, Bottom 99%, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, #Occupywallstreet, Alex Pareene Salon, Debt Forgiveness, Politics News

Over at Salon, Alex Pareene writes about the struggle that the media is having discerning the "demands" of the Occupy Wall Street movement even though it's easy to discern the larger concerns of the 99% if you just start paying attention.

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Is Volunteering In Exchange For Debt Forgiveness Still Volunteering?

Richard French | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Community Service, Foreclosure, Social Innovation, Debt Forgiveness, Volunteering for Debt Forgiveness, Raise the Roof, Third World America, Impact News
Richard French

The entire concept of exchanging community service for defaulted second mortgage debt is simply meant to provide an alternative form of currency for the struggling American homeowner.

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5 Ways You Can Help Pakistan (and the Rest of Us)

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Natural Disasters, Muslim Women, Religious Fundamentalism, Pakistan, Global Climate Mitigation, Pakistan Floods, Climate Change, Pakistan Military Aid, Global Fund for Women, Edhi Foundation, Deforestation, Debt Forgiveness, World News
Sarah van Gelder

Some Americans may hesitate to contribute to flood relief because we associate Pakistan with qualities we don't admire. How can we distance ourselves from the qualities we don't like while offering solidarity to the people of Pakistan?

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Sarkozy In Haiti: France's President Brings Rebuilding Plan To Haiti

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Debt, Nicholas Sarkozy, Poverty, USA, France, Rebuilding, US, US History, Paris, Sugar, Colony, French Colonies, Haiti Rebellion, Revolution, Haiti, Slavery, Colonies, Haiti History, Haiti Earthquake, Revolt, Deforestation, Debt Forgiveness, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — First there was an empty field. Then came rows of makeshift tents. Now those camps are turning into shanty towns –...

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Time For a Moratorium on Foreclosures and Debt Relief

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Debt, President Obama, Debt Forgiveness, Moratorium on Debt, Loan Mods, Business News
Danny Schechter

If you believe, as I do, that there is an economic emergency underway affecting the most vulnerable among us, as foreclosures grow and poverty deepens, isn't it time to start demanding debt relief?

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