News | Economy & Labor Report: Credit Scores Are Lower in the South, and Medical Debt Could Be to Blame A new analysis finds a link between areas with low average credit scores and high amounts of medical debt. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 21, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor US Is Overcome With Debt and Death. Let’s Fight Inequality to Stop This Crisis. It is not debt cancellation that the nation can’t afford -- it is widening inequality that is too costly. By Liz Theoharis , Truthout October 9, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude Bosses in more industries are preventing workers from quitting by charging them for training costs if they leave. By Sam Knight , Truthout September 19, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Mitch McConnell’s Condemnation of Debt Relief Is Dripping With Hypocrisy Biden’s debt relief plan is not nearly enough, but it is a key step. Of course, Republicans are decrying it as “unfair.” By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 26, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Biden Announces Long-Awaited Plan to Cancel Up to $20K in Student Debt The president also said he is extending the student loan payment pause “one final time” until December 31. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 24, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Nursing Homes Are Suing the Friends and Family of Residents to Collect Debts The nursing home industry has developed a strategy of pursuing grandchildren, neighbors and others to collect on debt. By Noam N. Levey , KaiserHealthNews July 30, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Facing Eviction? Here’s How We Turn Rent Debts Into Leverage for Change. Let’s build collective tenant power to target the corporate landlords who see housing only as a profit-generating asset. By Hannah Appel , Truthout July 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health More Than 100 Million People in US Have Health Care Debt, Study Shows A new investigation concludes that our health care system is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale. By Noam N. Levey , KaiserHealthNews June 16, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Pause, Erases Default Status for Millions Progressives have advocated for Biden to move borrowers out of default – or, better yet, to cancel student debt. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 6, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor AOC Calls for Student Loan Cancellation as Biden Is Expected to Extend Freeze Biden is expected to announce another three-month extension of the student loan payment freeze this week. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 5, 2022 Truthout