Student Debt Slavery: Time to Level the Playing Field

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Jan 4, 2018 To get fair credit terms, students need to know their rights and mobilize. They can demand better terms through state-owned banks. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on Backs of the Young

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Dec 26, 2017 Higher education has been transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump’s Budget: ‘It Doesn’t Make Any Economic Sense’

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2017 The Nobel Prize-winning economist joins Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! to discuss the president's $4.1 trillion budget, which was unveiled Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Jersey Will Stop Collecting Loans From Families of Dead Students

By Annie Waldman / ProPublica Dec 7, 2016 After an investigation into the state’s student loan program, Gov. Chris Christie signed a reform bill ending its most onerous practice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Who’s Getting Rich Off Student Loans in the United States?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 30, 2016 Student debt is an industry worth $140 billion a year. And it got that way because the federal government relinquished control over the student loan program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Graduation Debt

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Student Debt

By Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Cagle Cartoons May 21, 2016 Dig deeper

Great Recession Continues to Loom Over 2016 Graduates, Even as Corporate Profits Rise

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2016 The New York Times editorial board released a depressing report recently on the bleak job prospects faced by high school students graduating this year, a situation it traces to consistent political failures in recent times. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Graduate

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Higher Education: Capitalism at Its Most Despicable

By Paul Buchheit / Common Dreams Oct 26, 2015 Ranking capitalist ignominy is a daunting task with Big Pharma and high finance in the running, but higher education's betrayal of a long-standing trust with young Americans puts it near the top of the list. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Colleges With Plenty of Cash Saddle Their Poorest Students With Heaps of Debt

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2015 A ProPublica analysis of newly available federal data shows that some of the nation’s wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton to Offer Plan for Loan-Free Tuition at Public Colleges

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 11, 2015 With Americans owing a staggering $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, and about 8 million in default, her proposal reflects a Democratic push to reverse years of state cuts to higher ed. Creating a program of federal grants to the states to lower tuition is the centerpiece. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )