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College, Inc, PBS Frontline, 5/10/10
The $555.000 loan burden, WSJ, 2/13/10
College Sinkhole, PBS NOW, 12/25/09
A City Council asks for loan forgiveness, NY Times, 8/18/09
Not-so-honest broker, Inside Higher Ed, 7/07/09
Red Tape Chronicles, MSNBC, 5/12/09
Sallie Mae's about-face on student loan subsidies, Washington Post, 5/11/09
Students fight for college affordability, The Maneater, 4/27/09
Lender of First Resort, The National Review, 2/26/09
The Student Loan Scam, Inside HIgher Ed, 5/05/09
Maine Watch, 3/27/09
University Place Author Takes on Nightmare of debt, Tacoma News Tribune, 3/15/09
Democracy Now!, 3/12/09
Asking for student loan forgiveness, Businessweek, 3/24/09
About the Money, KCTS, 2/25/09
The Student Loan Scam Book Review, WSJ, 2/25/09
The dark side of student loans, NPR, 2/09
Some debt laden students wonder why they went to college, 20/20, 1/16/09
Student loans turn into crushing burden for unwary borrowers, Los Angeles Times, 12/27/08
Students: "No way we can pay", The Boston Herald, 12/23/08
With no way out of trouble, more students likely to default, Seattle Times, 10/06/08
That student loan, so hard to shake, New York Times, 8/23/08
Another blow to student borrowers, Port Folio Weekly, 9/18/07
Proposed Law to make college more affordable, The Newshour, 8/15/07
No justice for student borrowers, Port Folio Weekly, 7/21/07
Owe, Shit, Penthouse Magazine, 6/01/07
Student loan agency faces new scrutiny, SF Chronicle, 5/16/07
Top Chef's dreams crushed by student debt, NY TImes, 5/8/07
Law Favors gambler over grad, Chicago Sun TImes, 5/06/07
Probe launched on Sallie Mae collection tactics, Washington Post, 4/27/07
Student Debt Mayhem, Port Folio Weekly, 3/6/07
More than a rabble rouser?, Inside Higher Ed, 1/12/07
Manhandled no more, The Phoenix, 12/14/06
Democrats: make student loans student friendly, Fortune Magazine, 11/13/06
Getting schooled on student loans, Washington Post, 10/24/06
Sallie Mae's Success too Costly?, 60 Minutes, 5/6/06
Your late fees, their millions, The Village Voice, 1/24/06
Sallie Mae: a hot stock, a tough lender, Fortune Magazine, 12/28/05
Robbing Joe College to pay Sallie Mae, The NY Times, 12/12/05
SLJ OPEDs
The way forward on student loans, Beacon Broadside, 1/29/10
A Plea to add consumer protections to student loans, NY Times, 1/11/10
How much student debt is too much?, NY Times, 6/14/09
The economic downturn and Student Loans: Some practical advice for borrowers, The Beacon Broadside, 1/13/09
The coming student loan bailout, 10/12/08
College credit that fails students, LA TImes, 8/28/07
Company's march towards monopoly scary, The Tacoma News Tribune, 6/19/07
Sallie Mae insulting the American Public, 1/23/07
Fix the student loan mess, Denver Post, 1/11/07
Student Loans and the new Congress Time to stop the bleeding, 1/9/07
Student loan guarantors useless, wasteful, should disappear, 12/9/06
Sallie Mae in desperate, 11th hour frenzy, 12/7/06
It's the corruption, stupid! Why the student loan system should be investigated, 11/13/06
Students will be hurt by loan rates, Fredricksburg Gazette, 10/24/06
Sallie Mae doesn't need to break the law- they already bought it!, Baltimore Sun, 3/20/06
Boehner: Stand tall to protect students, 1/09/06
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The way forward on student loans, Beacon Broadside, 1/29/10
A Plea to add consumer protections to student loans, NY Times, 1/11/10
How much student debt is too much?, NY Times, 6/14/09
The economic downturn and Student Loans: Some practical advice for borrowers, The Beacon Broadside, 1/13/09
The coming student loan bailout, 10/12/08
College credit that fails students, LA TImes, 8/28/07
Company's march towards monopoly scary, The Tacoma News Tribune, 6/19/07
Sallie Mae insulting the American Public, 1/23/07
Fix the student loan mess, Denver Post, 1/11/07
Student Loans and the new Congress Time to stop the bleeding, 1/9/07
Student loan guarantors useless, wasteful, should disappear, 12/9/06
Sallie Mae in desperate, 11th hour frenzy, 12/7/06
It's the corruption, stupid! Why the student loan system should be investigated, 11/13/06
Students will be hurt by loan rates, Fredricksburg Gazette, 10/24/06
Sallie Mae doesn't need to break the law- they already bought it!, Baltimore Sun, 3/20/06
Boehner: Stand tall to protect students, 1/09/06