Debt

'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
Jake Johnson, staff writer
While some 2020 Democrats push means-tested policies tailored specifically to low-income Americans, Sen. Bernie Sanders argues universal programs are more just and politically effective
Read More
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...
Read More
'Making Money Off Dysfunction': Bolstering Medicare for All Case, Survey Shows Americans Accrued $88 Billion in Healthcare Debt in 2018
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
An EMT student stabilizes a patient.
"This is devastating for our families and our country," said Rep. Pramila...
Read More
'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
mulvaney
'War on Students': Consumer Advocates Warn Mulvaney's Moves at CFPB Will Lead to 'Open Season on Borrowers'
tear gas
Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Anti-Austerity Protesters in Puerto Rico
student debt caps
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
devastation in puerto rico
Despite Puerto Rico Disaster, Vulture Firms Relentlessly Seeking Billions in Debt Payments
devastation in puerto rico
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

More Debt News

Newswire

Jubilee USA Network
Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Judge Reviews Debt Deal
Jubilee USA Network
Senate Bill Offers Debt Relief for Puerto Rico
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
More Debt

Views

Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown
How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed
Ann Larson
Academia, Grassroots Organizations, and Debt
Nomi Prins
Nomi Prins
Survival of the Richest
Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown
The Fed's Dramatic About-Face
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
The GOP’s Most Successful Scam Is About to Reboot Itself
Scott Remer
Scott Remer
Why the Left Should Embrace Debt Forgiveness
Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit
The Taking of Millennial Wealth By Rich White Boomers
Richard Eskow
Richard Eskow
Picture the United States Without Student Debt
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson
Journalists Who Relayed GOP's Deficit Moaning Owe Us Apologies
Ben Schreiner
Ben Schreiner
The 10 Step Scheme for One-Sided Class War
More Debt Views
Connect With Us