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Student Debt In The News
CNBC: The latest victims of the student debt crisis — parents.
The Hill: The student debt crisis isn’t what you think it is
The Hill: More than three million people over the age of 60 still struggling to pay off student loan debts
CBS News: Seniors owe billions in student loan debt: “This will follow me to the grave”.
CNBC: The government took single mom’s $3,063 tax refund to cover her student loans. She’s trying to get it back.
April, 2019
Yahoo Finance: ‘Lousy system’: U.S. official who resigned explains how the student debt crisis got so bad.
April, 2019
NPR: Warren, Gillibrand to CFPB: Protect Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
April, 2019
Yahoo Finance: Dimon: U.S. student loan debt is ‘now starting to affect the economy’.
April, 2019
Here’s how $50,000 in student debt becomes nearly $100,000
March, 2019
More people put off home buying, due to student debt: Survey.
March, 2019
MarketWatch: New York reaches deal with student-loan company long accused of misleading borrowers.
January, 2019
For-profit college cancels $500M in student debt after fraud allegations
January, 2019
Student Loan Servicer Steered Some Borrowers To Higher-Cost Plans, Government Says
November, 2018
Judge orders protections for defrauded students to go into effect
October, 2018
Episode 869: The Student Loan Whistleblower
October, 2018
This 48-year-old mom owes $600,000 in loans, as the student debt crisis worsens
September, 2018
US student debt might lead to the next financial crisis
September, 2018
Nation’s top student loan official resigns, says Trump administration has betrayed borrowers
August, 2018
Why buying a home can be almost impossible with massive student loan debt
August, 2018
1 in 8 divorces is caused by student loans
August, 2018
10 percent of Congress is paying back student loans
March 22, 2018
The Double Burden Of Student Loans For Women
March 17, 2018
Senate banking bill could give student loan borrowers new flexibility
March 8, 2018
Trump plan would protect student-loan debt collectors from state investigations
Feb 26, 2018
Trump May End Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Feb 14, 2018
Student Debt Hits Parents and Kids with One-Two Punch
October
Donald Trump accuses the government of profiting off student loans
September
What Makes Student Debt so Stressful? Feds Want to Know
June
If payday loans are horrible, what about federal student loans?
May
The Examiners: Student Debt Could Be Next Bubble, But Shouldn’t be Addressed by Bankruptcy Reform
May
State Budget Squeeze Pushes Students Deeper Into Debt
May
Burdened with Record Amount of Debt, Graduates Delay Marriage, October
Treasury official calls upturn in late and defaulted student debt ‘troubling’, September
Is student loan debt hurting the housing recovery?, September
Student Loan Debt Can Lead to Poorer Health, Middle-Age Malaise, August
Grieving parents hit with $200,000 in student loans, July
Student Loan Interest Rates Are Set to Rise, July
Student debt crisis crushes college dream, June
Student loan debt is millenials’ biggest economic threat, June
Student loans to cost more this fall, May
Is Student Loan Debt Dangerous to the Economy?, May
For Some Student Borrowers, Co-Signer Death Brings Nasty Shock, April
BillMoyers.com – Tackling Student Debt and the Privatization of Education, March
The Courant – Bankruptcies Should Cover Student Loans, Too, March
Forbes – Student Loan Interest: Compounding the Problem, March
The Washington Post – Student debt may hurt housing recovery by hampering first-time buyers – February,
The New York Times – The Hefty Yoke of Student Loan Debt, February
National Journal – How Damaging Is Student Debt?, February
The Progressive – Sentenced to Debt, November
Forbes – Backlash: Student Loan Burden Prevents Borrowers From Buying Homes, Cars, June
Forbes – Student Loan Problems: One-Third Of Millennials Regret Going To College, May
The Nation – The Student Loan Fairness Act is Only Fair, April
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