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Debt Strikers Take on the For-Profit College Racket

Student debt strikers with the Debt Collective converged on Washington this week to pressure the Department of Education to grant them relief.

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Student debt strikers with the Debt Collective converged on Washington this week to pressure the Department of Education to grant them relief after being defrauded by higher education profiteers.

Unfortunately, the department had other ideas in mind.

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