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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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Reports

Mar 5, 2026

Understanding Black Students’ Experiences and Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges to Inform State Oversight

Co-authored with TICAS, this report offers a snapshot of Black student enrollment and outcomes at for-profit colleges paired with the perspectives of Black alumni of for-profit undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Blogs

Mar 5, 2026

The Mask Is Slipping: New Poll Shows Debt Is the Only Thing Holding Trump’s Economy Together

A pair of polls—one old, one new—bring America’s affordability crisis into sharper focus.

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Testimony & Remarks

Mar 4, 2026

Testimony of Winston Berkman-Breen Before the NY State Senate Codes and Consumer Protection Committees

See here to read Winston Berkman-Breen’s March 4, 2026, testimony.

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Polling

Mar 4, 2026

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

Groundwork Collaborative and Protect Borrowers released a Data for Progress poll showing strong, bipartisan support for efforts to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. After hearing common bank lobby talking points, nearly two-thirds of voters across party lines still favor a 10% interest rate cap.

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Press Releases

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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Blogs

Mar 3, 2026

Is SAVE Dead? The Law is Clear, But Politics will Drive What Comes Next

A closer look at our broken judiciary, student debt relief, and the politics of affordability in 2026.

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Press Releases

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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Comments

Mar 3, 2026

Comments to U.S. Department of Education for RISE NPRM

Nearly a hundred organizations representing millions urge ED to protect borrowers from economic harm as the proposed rule under the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Negotiated Rulemaking is finalized and implemented.

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Press Releases

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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Testimony & Remarks

Feb 25, 2026

Testimony of Jacob DuMez Before the MD Senate Budget and Taxation Committee

See here to read Jacob DuMez’s February 23, 2026, testimony.

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Blogs

Feb 25, 2026

Congress is Gearing Up to Turbocharge the Private Loan Market Through Financial Aid Policy

The U.S. House advanced the College Financial Aid Transparency Act and the Senate may follow. The Act would fail to increase price transparency and would allow schools to package private loan products in financial aid award letters, potentially leading students to mistakenly take on private loans.

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Press Releases

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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Testimony & Remarks

Feb 24, 2026

Testimony of Amy Czulada Before the MD House Appropriations Committee

See here to read Amy Czulada’s February 24, 2026, testimony.

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Comments

Feb 23, 2026

Treasury Offset Program NPRM Comment

Protect borrowers comment urging Treasury to make explicit the agency’s clear expectation that any creditor agency certifying a debt for collection through TOP be able to verify the debt’s accuracy.

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Testimony & Remarks

Feb 23, 2026

Testimony of Winston Berkman-Breen Before the NYC Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

See here to read Winston Berkman-Breen’s February 23, 2026, testimony.

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Press Releases

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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Fact Sheets Reports

Feb 19, 2026

Student Debt Delinquency Crisis Brief and Statewide Fact Sheets

The following brief and fact sheets analyze the student debt delinquency crisis and its impacts on millions of students and borrowers in each state across the country.

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Blogs

Feb 19, 2026

President Trump’s Broken Promises and the State of Americans’ Ballooning Debts as President Trump Talks Affordability in the State of the Union

Since Trump took office, American families have been struggling and more are being pushed into debt just to make ends meet. This memo sheds light on the broken promises President Trump and his Administration have made to address the affordability crisis and the reality that American families have had to endure over the last year.

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Letters & Memos

Feb 19, 2026

Broken Promises Memo

Since Trump took office, American families have been struggling and more are being pushed into debt just to make ends meet. This memo sheds light on the broken promises President Trump and his Administration have made to address the affordability crisis and the reality that American families have had to endure over the last year. Trump’s policies have fanned the flames of the affordability crisis, pushed costs even higher, and driven millions of…

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

Understanding Black Students’ Experiences and Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges to Inform State Oversight

The Mask Is Slipping: New Poll Shows Debt Is the Only Thing Holding Trump’s Economy Together

Testimony of Winston Berkman-Breen Before the NY State Senate Codes and Consumer Protection Committees

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

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

Is SAVE Dead? The Law is Clear, But Politics will Drive What Comes Next

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

Comments to U.S. Department of Education for RISE NPRM

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

Testimony of Jacob DuMez Before the MD Senate Budget and Taxation Committee

Congress is Gearing Up to Turbocharge the Private Loan Market Through Financial Aid Policy

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

Testimony of Amy Czulada Before the MD House Appropriations Committee

Treasury Offset Program NPRM Comment

Testimony of Winston Berkman-Breen Before the NYC Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection

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

Student Debt Delinquency Crisis Brief and Statewide Fact Sheets

President Trump’s Broken Promises and the State of Americans’ Ballooning Debts as President Trump Talks Affordability in the State of the Union

Broken Promises Memo

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