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Rebuking Trump CFPB for Only Serving Nation's "Most Powerful Financial Companies," Student Loan Watchdog Resigns

Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau

'Revolting': Betsy DeVos Unveils Proposal to Make It Harder for Students Defrauded by Predatory Schools to Get Loan Relief

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Plan slammed as looking "more like a roadmap for institutions seeking to abuse students and avoid accountability and transparency rather than a plan to protect students and taxpayers."

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'War on Students': Consumer Advocates Warn Mulvaney's Moves at CFPB Will Lead to 'Open Season on Borrowers'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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While "student loan debt is exploding," the watchdog's acting director "is...

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Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Anti-Austerity Protesters in Puerto Rico

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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While "inhumane and strikingly antidemocratic" budget cuts are imposed on the U...

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As Trump Bolsters Predatory Lenders, Study Shows Benefits of Forgiving All Student Debt

"Consumers have little chance of justice when our courts take the debt collector's side in almost every case—even to the point of ordering people jailed until they pay up," says report author Jennifer Turner. (Photo: Bill Smith/flickr/cc)

New Report Details How Americans Who Have Debt Held by Collection Agencies Can Get Thrown in Jail

As More Americans Rely on Charity to Pay Medical Bills, Local Seattle News Station Buys and Forgives $1 Million of Debt

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Despite Puerto Rico Disaster, Vulture Firms Relentlessly Seeking Billions in Debt Payments

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As Wall Street Vultures Circle, Demands for Immediate Puerto Rico Debt Relief

Paving Way for Abuse and Scams, IRS Hires Private Debt Collectors

U.S. fighter jets and an attack plane drop bombs on Cambodia circa 1973.

Cambodia Outraged as US Demands Repayment of 'Blood-Stained' War Debt

Warren Blasts Dept of Ed. for 'Hounding' Students Defrauded by For-Profit School

Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion (and Counting): Report

Debtors' Prison for Kids: Poor Children Incarcerated When Families Can't Pay Juvenile Court Fees

Debt-Ridden Puerto Rico a 'Corporate Welfare Paradise' for GMO Companies

As Vulture Funds Circle, Puerto Rico Set to Default on Debt

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Senate Bill Offers Debt Relief for Puerto Rico

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U.S. PIRG Statement: CFPB’S Final Rule To Stop Payday Loan Debt Traps

Jubilee USA Network

Trump Calls for Puerto Rico's Debt to be "Wiped Out"...

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Federal Government Must Do Everything in Its Power to Help Puerto Rico Recover, CEPR Co-Director Says

Jubilee USA Network

Hurricanes Hit Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Amidst Deep Debt Crises

Jubilee USA Network

Jubilee USA: Antigua and Barbuda and Islands Dealing with Irma Should Stop Debt Payments

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Scott Remer

Why the Left Should Embrace Debt Forgiveness

Paul Buchheit

The Taking of Millennial Wealth By Rich White Boomers

Richard Eskow

Picture the United States Without Student Debt

Adam Johnson

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Ben Schreiner

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Ellen Brown

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Paul Buchheit

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Nusrat Choudhury

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Mark Weisbrot

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Stephanie Land

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