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'Beyond Predatory': Trump Treasury Gives Banks Green Light to Seize $1,200 Stimulus Checks to Pay Off Debts

IMF Warns Global Economy Could See Worst Year Since Great Depression Due to 'Magnitude and Speed' of Coronavirus Crisis

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This is the most frightening news the Fund has ever released on the status of our global economy."

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Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

"We need to cancel all debt developing countries owe the World Bank and IMF,"...

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Offering Model to Nation Battling Outbreak, New York AG Suspends All Medical and Student Debt Collection

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"In this time of crisis, my office will not add undue stress or saddle New...

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Buttigieg Confirms Status as 'Austerity Candidate' With Call for Democrats to Prioritize Reducing Deficit

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

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

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.

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

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'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

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The G7 Finance Ministers Have Decided to Support Debt Relief for Poor Countries Fighting Coronavirus

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July 8, 2020 World Leaders Meet to Tackle COVID Debt and Development Crises

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United Nations Warns of Famine, Urges Debt Relief and Calls for New Debt Process to Confront Coronavirus

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G20 Announces Debt Suspension Process

Global Justice Now

G20 Debt Measures Fall 'Well Short' of What’s Needed...

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Coronavirus: IMF Told to ‘Massively Scale Up’ Debt Cancellation for Developing World

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John Buell

In Praise of Public Debt

Robert Reich

The Clock Is Ticking: 5 Key Demands for the New Coronavirus Bill

Josh Bivens

Recovering Fully From the Coronavirus Shock Will Require Large Increases in Federal Debt—and There's Nothing Wrong With That

Nick Dearden

Don't Delay Developing World Debt—Cancel It

Richard Wolff

Government Debts as Class Swindles

Jill Richardson

Why Do We Have School Lunch Debt at All?

Jesse Jackson

President Trump’s War on the Poor

Jesse Jackson

If Democrats Don’t Go Bold With Social Reform Right Now, Then When?

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