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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