By Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is a peculiar time in America, when economists offer varying outlooks on our economy. Some herald the ...

By Charlene Crowell As 2026 unfolds, affordability, which emerged as a critical issue last year, will become a more pressing concern for most people in America. A comment by a respondent to a recent student loan borrower survey by The Institute for College Access & Support (TICAS) summarized the complexity of the affordability problem for striving workers: ...