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9/26/2021: All Exits Closed: Interview with Alan Collinge
9/17/2021: Higher Education for the 99% (Dissent Magazine)
9/17/2021: How Occupy Wall Street spawned a decade of protest, politics, and social media (Fast Company)
8/26/2021: Matter of Life and Debt: Interview with Alan Collinge
8/14/2021: Who's responsible for student debt? The one-percent deserve much of the blame (Salon)
8/5/2021: Press Release: S.2598: Return Bankruptcy Rights to Student Loans
6/21/2021: Department of Education Holds Hearing (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
6/10/2021: DC owes the most in student loans, Council asks for Cancellation (Street Sense)
5/30/2021: Americans Stress Over Unshakeable Burden (The Guardian)
5/22/2021: Will Biden Cancel Student Loans? (Yahoo)
5/20/2021: Calls for change amid insurmountable debt in Ohio (News 5)
5/19/2021: 1 Million People sign Petition to Cancel Student Loans (National Interest)
5/18/2021: The debate over student loan forgiveness (WGRZ Buffalo)
5/9/2021: Older People Giving Up Hope on Student Loans (Business Insider)
5/4/2021: Petition Reaches 1 Million Signatures (CNBC)
4/25/2021: Petition to Cancel Student Loans Reaches One Million Signatures (Forbes)
2/26/2021: Over a third of US States owe more in Student Loans than their Budgets
2/9/2021: The real reason Biden doesn't want to cancel loans by executive order (Medium)
12/25/2020: Older people outnumber younger people with student loans, owe far more.
12/24/2020: Petition to Cancel Student Loans 10th Largest of the Year (CNN)
9/17/2020: Warren, Schumer, call on President to Cancel Loans by Executive Order
9/17/2020: Half a Million Petition Trump to Cancel Student Loans (Fox News)
9/8/2020: Petition to Cancel Student Loans Gaining Steam (ABC6 Columbus)
3/13/2020: President Trump: Cancel Student Loan by Executive Order!
2019
8/27/2019: What would it take for the President to Cancel All Student Loans? (Vice News)
1/16/2019: How student loans could determine the next President: The Good Men Project
2018
11/16/2018: Dave Ramsey doesn’t understand student loans: The Good Men Project
11/16/2018: More seniors carrying debt into retirement: WXYZ
11/8/2018: Loan Rehabilitation offers hope, but actually harms: CNBC
10/27/2018: These Americans fled the country to escape student loans: CNBC
8/28/2018: Trump helped rip off student loan borrowers
6/7/2018: What students borrow can be just a fraction of what they owe, CNBC
6/1/2018: Alan Collinge Bernie Sanders video
6/1/2018: Scott Nailor, Bernie Sanders video
5/17/2018: Rick Larsen hates students, The Olympian
5/6/2018: For Some Students, Debt is quadrupling, CNBC
1/10/2018: Forever in Debt, Fox News
2017
11/3/2017: The Great College Loan Swindle Rolling Stone
10/24/2017: Student loan issue could propel Delaney White House
10/19/2017: Steve Bannon should look at student loans
10/9/2017: President Obama owes student loan borrower
9/21/2017: She thought her loans were forgiven CNN
9/18/2017: A Wake Up Call to Students Angry Bear
9/9/2017: Bankruptcy gets attention on the Hill Bloomberg
9/1/2017: Interview with Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone)
8/1/2017: Millenials share student loan burden with Millenials ABC(Sacramento)
7/26/2017: Why is Virginia Foxx fighting for Big Government? The Good Men Project
6/5/2017: Trump pushing Student Loan System to Brink of Failure, The Boston Globe
5/11/2017: The People vs. The Student Loan Industry Truth-Out
4/24/2017: What Trump’s Budget could mean for your student loans VICE
4/24/2017: Student Debt: Nothing Less than a Jubilee will do
4/13/2017: Why it’s so hard to declare bankruptcy on student loans VICE
4/8/2017: Bernie’s Free Tuition Plan is Doomed to Fail The Hill
4/4/2017: Fox Business News Fox Business
3/31/2017: Student Loan Activist Continues to Fight WAER
3/23/2017: As Student Loan Defaults Skyrocket, Trump Plunges into the Swamp
3/22/2017: Republicans can seize opportunity to reform student loans The Hill
3/1/2017: Trump’s silence on student loan crisis is deafening The Hill
2/1/2017: Students need bankruptcy protections from crushing loans The Hill
1/11/2017: Cuomo’s “free tuition” plan is not good The Hill
2016
12/11/2016: America’s most pressing Economic Problem Thom Hartmann Show
12/22/2016: The media’s student loan forgiveness myth The Hill
12/11/2016: US Students buried under crushing College Debt CCTV
11/14/2016: Student Loans and why Hillary lost the Election The Hill
10/18/2016: Donald Trump’s Cowardly Student Loan Plan The Hill
9/10/2016: UVA Slushfund just tip of the Iceberg Angry Bear
8/16/2016: Student Loan Proposal has Merit The Hill
8/8/2016: Student Loan Issue Teed up for Trump The Hill
6/28/2016: Democrats MIA on Student Loans The Hill
5/27/2016: What Bernie Needs to do Right Now The Hill
5/13/2016: Obama’s Horrible, Terrible Legacy on Student Loans The Hill
3/10/2016: A Right to Debt Relief from Crushing Student Loans LA. Times
1/20/2016: Black Lives Matter: Black Livelihoods, not so Much The Hill
1/28/2016: Hillary should append her Student Loan Platform The Hill
11/21/2016: President Trump: Drain the Student Loan Swamp The Hill
2/19/2016: Federal Marshals arrest student loan debtors Thom Hartmann Show
2/9/2016: Bernie needs to address the Student Loan Problem The Hill
2015
12/17/2015: How Donald Trump Could Win the General Election The Hill
10/23/2015: Press Release: Congress: Investigate the Department of Education
2/9/2015: Alan Collinge discusses student loans Newsmax
1/4/2015: The Student Debt Crisis Tikkun
2014
5/10/2014: Default, The Student Loan Documentary. Krotala Films
6/9/2014: Obama tackles student loan debt this week. Will it make a difference? Take Part
10/14/2014: Rolling Jubilee: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? Naked Captalism
2013
8/15/2013: The College Loan Scandal (Matt Taibbi) Rolling Stone
7/31/2013: Congress passes debt deal, but fails students Real News
7/11/2013: “Fair Value” in an unfair system Forbes
6/26/2013: The Student Loan Interest Rate Debate: Another Distraction
2012
10/30/2012: Students still need basic lending protections Beacon Broadside
9/20/2012: Romney-Ryan on Student Loans: Crony Capitalism? Forbes
8/15/2012: The Student Loan Crisis that can’t be Gotten Rid Of Reuters
4/25/2012: Beyond the Interest Rate Debate Forbes
4/30/2012: Sallie Mae not opposed to Bankruptcy for Student Loans Forbes
4/25/2012: Protester’s New Front Salon
4/23/2012: Time to Occupy the Department of Education? Forbes
4/3/2012: Protecting Vulnerable Students
3/31/2012: Big Government, Congressman Ryan, and Student Loans Forbes
3/19/2012: Why College Costs So Much Forbes
3/7/2012: Both Parties can “Occupy” the Student Loan Problem Forbes
1/30/2012: Is there a media blackout of the Student Loan Crisis? Forbes
1/10/2012: Student Loans and Bankruptcy: The Debate Continues Forbes
2011
12/29/2011: Should Student Loans be dischargeable in Bankruptcy? Forbes
11/3/11: One Occupier’s Quest for something Concrete Fast Company
1/13/2011: Government Profiting on Defaults White Paper
2010
10/14/2010: Killer Loans (Stephanie Kraft) The Valley Advocate
8/9/2010: Student Loans Surpass Credit Card Debt The Wall Street Journal
8'6/2010: Student loan debt exceeds credit card debt Press Release
2/13/2010: The $555.000 loan burden Wall Street Journal
1/11/2010: A Plea to add consumer protections to student loans New York Times
2009
8/18/09: A City Council asks for loan forgiveness New York Times
7/07/09: Not-so-honest broker Inside Higher Ed
5/12/09: Red Tape Chronicles, MSNBC
5/11/09: Sallie Mae’s about-face on student loan subsidies Washington Post
4/27/09: Students fight for college affordability The Maneater
2/26/09: Lender of First Resort The National Review
5/05/09: The Student Loan Scam Inside HIgher Ed
3/27/09: Maine Watch
3/15/09: Local Author Takes on Nightmare of Debt Tacoma News Tribune
3/12/09: Alan Collinge and Jesse Jackson talk Student Loans Democracy Now!
2/25/09: About the Money KCTS
2/25/09: The Student Loan Scam Book Review WSJ
2/25/09: The dark side of student loans NPR
1/16/09: Some debt laden students wonder why they went to college 20/20
2008
12/27/08: Student loans turn into crushing burde Los Angeles Times
12/23/08: Students: “No way we can pay” The Boston Herald
10/06/08: With no way out of trouble, more students likely to default Seattle Times
8/23/08: That student loan, so hard to shake New York Times
2007
5/16/07: Student loan agency faces new scrutiny SF Chronicle
5/8/07: Top Chef’s dreams crushed by student debt New York Times
5/06/07: Law Favors gambler over grad Chicago Sun Times
4/27/07: Probe launched on Sallie Mae collection tactics Washington Post
4/24/2007: Lending to Students a Gold Mine for Banks, San Diego Times Union
1/12/07: More than a rabble rouser? Inside Higher Ed
2006
10/24/06: Getting schooled on student loans Washington Post
5/6/06: Sallie Mae’s Success too Costly? 60 Minutes
1/24/06: Your late fees, their millions The Village Voice