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  • Blogs
    Jun 22, 2026

    The Shadow System Behind the Default Cliff

    This blog is part two of a three-part series that examines the shadow network of vendors that control the federal student loan market and the role they play in driving student loan defaults.

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    Jun 18, 2026

    The Financialization of Desperation Across Trump’s Economy

    Welcome to the age of “desperation finance.” We hate it here.

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    Jun 11, 2026

    Cleanup on Aisle CFPB

    The Bureau may be mostly dead, but it’s still the life of the party!

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    Jun 11, 2026

    The Student Loan Companies Driving the System Today

    Despite dismal outcomes, the U.S. Department of Education continues to pay these companies more than a billion dollars every year.

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    Jun 8, 2026

    House Appropriators Looking to Rob Peter to Pay Pell…Yet Again

    Last week, House Appropriators unveiled their budget proposal to fund the Department of Education (ED), among other agencies for the fiscal year (FY) 2027. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill, scheduled to be marked up on Tuesday, includes massive cuts to several crucial student aid programs.

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    May 28, 2026

    A Small Bank IPO Shows Another Way Trump is Putting Millions of Students at Risk

    BankMobile is on the march just as oversight has disappeared.

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    May 19, 2026

    So Much for Saving on a Valuable Education: What Borrowers Need to Know Now That SAVE Is No Longer An Option

    The SAVE plan has ended, and soon borrowers will need to reenter repayment.

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    May 14, 2026

    Mega-Bank Race for Wealthy Credit Card Users Boosts Prices for All of Us

    Bank size correlates to swipe fee inflation and drives upward wealth redistribution.

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    May 7, 2026

    Discrimination by Private Student Lenders is Right Out in the Open

    This was always the plan but regulators shouldn’t accept it.

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    Apr 23, 2026

    Who Protects Students When the School Is the Lender?

    Trump’s changes to higher ed finance expose more risks.

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