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Mar 9, 2026

Right-Wing AGs Win Decision Denying Affordable Student Loan Bills to Millions As Costs Skyrocket

In shocking reversal, Eighth Circuit orders lower court to bless back-room settlement killing SAVE for all.

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Mar 4, 2026

New Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Prioritize Lower Credit Card Interest Rates Over Perks and Easy Approval

Even if Trump Did Manage to Deliver on a Credit Card Interest Rate Cap, 80% of Voters Say He Would Need to Do More to Show He’s Serious About Lowering Costs March 4, 2026 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, as Trump’s policies continue to increase costs, Groundwork Collaborative and Protect Borrowers released a new Data […]

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Mar 3, 2026

Advocates to Education Department: Protect Millions of Student Loan Borrowers From Economic Harm and Growing Default Crisis in Final RISE Rulemaking

ED must cushion the blow of OBBBA; protect students in high-need fields from being pushed toward risky private loans or out of fields entirely.

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Feb 27, 2026

SAVE Springs Back to Life as Court Dismisses Case, Refusing to Enter Judgment Vacating SAVE Plan in Missouri v. Trump

Tens of thousands of student loan borrowers have a right to debt cancellation, effective today.

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Feb 24, 2026

As American Families Drown in Debt and Struggle to Keep Food on the Table, Trump Uses State of the Union to Gaslight American People on the State of the Economy

President attempts to convince working-class families that economic struggles are not real and deflect from his own policies that have inflamed affordability crisis.

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Feb 20, 2026

NEW STUDY: Student Loan Delinquency Spikes to Record 25% Under Trump, Destroying Credit Scores and Locking Millions Out of Economy

Amid Affordability Crisis, Analysis Finds Delinquencies Now at 3X Pre-pandemic Rates; 1 in 5 Are in Default; Delinquent Borrowers Saw Credit Scores Plummet by 57 Points on Average February 20, 2026 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — New analysis of consumer credit data by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers reveals that the Trump administration’s assault on […]

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Feb 18, 2026

New Findings: Vast Majority of Working Families Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck and Growing Number Rely on Debt to Afford Essentials, AFT Member Survey Finds

Survey of more than 7,500 AFT union members: over 1 in 3 unable to cover all monthly bills and over 1 in 2 financially worse off since Trump returned to office.

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Feb 9, 2026

One Year After Trump’s Hostile Takeover of CFPB, Members of Congress, Workers, and Advocates Gather to Demand the Administration Put Borrowers Over Billionaires

Trump attacks on the CFPB cost Americans at least $18 billion in 2025.

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Feb 9, 2026

“Debt Cancellation for Big Banks?” Advocates Say Shuttering the Consumer Watchdog Lets Wall Street Off the Hook While Families Pay the Price

A coalition of dozens veterans and national, state, and local nonprofit groups submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in NTEU v. Vought.

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Feb 6, 2026

As Millions of Working Families Drown in $1.2 Trillion in Credit Card Debt, Historic Coalition of Civil Rights, Labor Unions, Veterans, Consumer Protection, and Borrower Advocates Come Together to Call On Congress to Advance Legislation Capping Credit Card Interest Rates at 10%

An historic and diverse coalition of civil rights, labor unions, veterans, consumer protection, and borrower advocates sent an urgent letter to leaders on U.S. Senate and U.S. House committees calling on them to advance the 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Act of 2025.

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