Some say debt forgiveness would lessen the racial wealth gap; others say it would make it worse

Ashley Harrington is among the many people who see canceling student debt as an issue of racial justice. For many Black Americans, centuries of discrimination have led to white people having much more wealth than Black people, she and others say. So when it comes time for students to go to college, Black families are much less likely than white families to have the money to help pay for their children's education. As a result, Black students are more likely to have to borrow...