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Sanders Unveils Plan to Wipe Out All Medical Debt in US, Declaring, 'The Very Concept Should Not Exist'

'The Bold Solution We Need': 100+ Scholars Back Sanders Student Debt and Tuition-Free College Plan

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"In the face of this crisis, nothing short of a complete overhaul of our public higher education system will suffice."

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Benefits for All or Just Some? Sanders Student Debt Plan Highlights 2020 Debate Over Universal vs. Means-Tested Programs

Jake Johnson, staff writer

While some 2020 Democrats push means-tested policies tailored specifically to...

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To End Crushing Debt, Warren Introduces Relief Package to Help Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico 'Recover With Dignity'

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Puerto Rico Army National Guard members work on clearing Highway 511 from Ponce to Jayuya in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Sept. 11, 2017.

"Over the past several years, Puerto Rico has been living with an economic...

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An EMT student stabilizes a patient.

'Making Money Off Dysfunction': Bolstering Medicare for All Case, Survey Shows Americans Accrued $88 Billion in Healthcare Debt in 2018

'Good First Step' as DeVos Forced to Cancel $150M in Student Loan Debt for Thousands Scammed by For-Profit Schools

Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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Jubilee USA Network

IMF Warns of Unstable Financial System

Jubilee USA Network

Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Judge Reviews Debt Deal

Jubilee USA Network

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

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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

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Carlos Figueroa

The Puerto Rico Crisis: A Reflection of a Flawed US Democracy

Ellen Brown

How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed

Ann Larson

Academia, Grassroots Organizations, and Debt

Nomi Prins

Survival of the Richest

Ellen Brown

The Fed's Dramatic About-Face

Thom Hartmann

The GOP’s Most Successful Scam Is About to Reboot Itself

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

Journalists Who Relayed GOP's Deficit Moaning Owe Us Apologies