Tag: student debt
Warren urges DeVos to collect $22.3M owed by student loan company...
“For years since this scam was revealed, Navient has continued to engage in predatory, improper, and illegal behavior.”
Sallie Mae’s Hawaii retreat while millions struggle to repay loans bolsters...
Critics of the United States' student debt crisis took aim at loan corporation Sallie Mae on Friday after NBC News reported on a trip the company's executives...
Progressive legislation would tax Wall Street to pay for free college...
"We bailed out Wall Street in 2008. It's time to tax Wall Street's greed to help the American people."
Student debt reaches more than $1 trillion – an all-time high
"We are crushing the next generation with debt."
‘Time for a jubilee!:’ US student loan debt hits record $1.46...
The amount of U.S. student loan debt has more than doubled since 2009 and now sits at a record $1.47 trillion.
NY politician: We need to block $3 billion handout for Amazon...
New York Assemblymember Ron Kim is introducing legislation to block the deal and redirect taxpayer money away from Amazon subsidies and toward student debt relief.
Shouldering more than $1.5 trillion in debt, majority of young Americans...
Sixty-nine percent of young Americans support a single-payer healthcare program like Medicare for All, while 66 percent back government-funded college tuition.
Major victory for defrauded students: Judge orders Obama-era student debt relief...
"It's extremely validating to see a court agree that what the Department did was wrong, and to know that students who were cheated will finally be able to seek relief."
Ending the secrecy of the student debt crisis
Ending the secrecy of the crisis through massive national attention may destigmatize the shame of financial defeat.
Picture the United States without student debt
Cancelling all student debt in this country would create millions of new jobs and increase the nation’s GDP. We can't afford NOT to do this.
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Noem calls to eliminate FEMA after delaying Texas flood response by days
FEMA officials say Kristi Noem’s own approval policy caused life-threatening delays before she used them to justify dismantling the agency.
A new far-right American party?
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. What is his next target: democracy?
Melting glaciers could lead to more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions: Study
The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes.
Millions of tons of invisible nanoplastics found polluting North Atlantic Ocean
New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.
The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.