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

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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"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 ACLU publication looks at how "debt collection industry uses prosecutors and judges as weapons against millions of Americans who can't afford to pay their bills."

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

KIRO-TV worked with a New York-based charity to buy the medical debt of 1,000...

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Exposé details how firms are banding together to take money from Puerto Rico...

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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

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls for Total Overhaul of Student Loan System

Justice Department Calls on Courts to End 'Criminalization of Poverty'

Submitting to Wall Street Vultures, Puerto Rico Narrowly Avoids Massive Default

Creative Hoax Asks Why Free College Tuition Not Up for Discussion

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US PIRG

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"...

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

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

Jubilee USA Network

Puerto Rico Religious Leaders Write Judge as Bankruptcy Process Begins

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