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Student Debt
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Why “Broad City” Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation
The Comedy Central show allows millennials to laugh at the situation the 1% has handed them.
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The Student Debt Time Bomb
Indebted students are a force to be reckoned with.
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Would You Like Some Crushing Debt With That Degree?
Wall Street-style predatory capitalism has taken over our education system, and it's absolutely devastating a whole generation of young people.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students Are Taking On College Debt, and More
In today's On the News segment: If corporations paid back their full debt to society, they'd be paying each of our households about $10,000 a year; it appears another discriminatory …
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Chaotic Work Schedule Is the Greatest Challenge for the Community College Student, Not Tuition
Presidents Obama's policy proposal to offer two free years of community college would lift a huge financial burden off of students. But his plan would still not help lift …
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Paying Off Student Debt Is Saving
Paying off student loan debt, just like paying off credit card debt or paying down a mortgage, is a form of saving.
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Leave No Generation Behind
A tax on inherited wealth could eliminate student debt while reducing growing inequality.
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Meet the Activist Group That’s Making Student Loan Debt Disappear
Initiatives like the Rolling Jubilee are meant to inspire and enlighten by making us question the system of debt.
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Ten Business Lessons for Higher Education
Neoliberal reformers suggest that universities need to act more like businesses, yet their suggestions undermine the purpose of higher education. Instead, what if universities learned the lessons of responsible …
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The Joys of Abolishing Debt
The Rolling Jubilee is premised on the argument that no one should be forced into debt for basic needs like healthcare and education.