STATEMENT: The USDA’s Debt Relief Program for Farmers of Color Should Be Quickly Reinstated – Center For American Progress

Washington, D.C. Yesterday, a federal judge in Wisconsin issued a restraining order on $4 billion of debt relief that was part of a program designed to help Black and other farmers of color as part of the Biden administrations American Rescue Plan. Following the decision, Nicole Lee Ndumele, vice president for Racial Equity and Justice…

Caritas tells G7 leaders debt relief is key to global COVID-19 recovery – Angelus News

The world cannot recover from the health and economic crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle climate change without debt relief for the world’s poorest countries, said the secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis. As the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations prepared to meet for the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, Caritas insisted their agenda could…