60 Minutes, ResistBot...

Hey All- 
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Many of you probably aren't aware that when we first started StudentLoanJustice.Org many years ago, we were the featured interview in a Top Story on 60 Minutes.  This story, and the senate/AG/other investigations that it spawned culminated in the largest scandal ever to hit higher education in this country.  It also launched the political career of Elizabeth Warren. 
Last night, 60 Minutes revisited the topic of student loans in a piece about the vanishingly few successes in of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (particularly as it relates to veterans).  We predicted this from the outset of the program in 2007, and have been shouting about it from the rooftops over the past 6-7 years. 
It's good to see 60 Minutes revisiting the student loan issue, but the incredibly narrow scope of this story is very disappointing.  The problem has become orders of magnitude worse than it was in 2006, and extends far, far beyond the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.  A news organization like 60 Minutes should be taking a much larger view on the student loan problem today, which- by all rational metrics- is now in catastrophic failure on all levels. 
I hope you agree, and will do today's quick actions:

• Retweet this, this, this, and this, and call out a few other national news organizations, like CNBC, Fox News, The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and others who you think should reporting on the big, picture.
• Get our ResistBot Rolling.  Text SIGN PSQVFQ to 50409
• Go to our Daily Updates, and do the actions for the past week or two.
• Sign-up for the USC film screening we're doing on October 14th (it's free).

We are the pioneers. We are also the largest group of student loan borrowers in the country to my knowledge.  This petition needs much more than just your signature for us to succeed. 
I strongly suggest that if you want this problem solved- if you want these loans actually gone, you will do these daily actions.  We owe it to ourselves, to the country, and to the tens-or hundreds of millions of people who will follow in our footsteps. 
Regards,
Alan

ps. Will you please donate something at this time?