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  • Blogs
    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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  • Press Releases
    Jun 18, 2026

    Immediately Actionable Proposals to Make Government Work for New Yorkers Round Out ‘Affordable NYC Now’

    Full compendium details ways the Mamdani Administration can lower costs, hold corporations accountable, and make government work to lessen the affordability crisis.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 17, 2026

    Democratic senators raise alarm over credit reporting errors from student loan servicers

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    Jun 17, 2026

    As federal aid for college shrinks, here’s what to look for in a private student loan

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  • Blogs
    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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  • Press Releases
    Jun 11, 2026

    New Report Shows Trump’s Deadline Will Thrust Millions of Student Loan Borrowers into Broken and Corrupt Servicing System

    Millions of SAVE borrowers will be forced to switch plans soon, setting up a dysfunctional servicing system to fail borrowers once again.

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  • Blogs
    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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  • Fact Sheets Reports
    Jun 11, 2026

    Repeat Offenders: The Student Loan Servicers Who Keep Getting Paid to Fail Borrowers

    This report from Protect Borrowers and the Debt Collection Lab at Princeton University maps the fragmented student loan system and the players involved.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 10, 2026

    Black Student Loan Default Rate Five Times Higher Than White Borrowers 

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  • Blogs
    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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  • News Clips
    Jun 8, 2026

    How Trump allies turned a consumer watchdog into a political weapon

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  • News Clips
    Jun 8, 2026

    Trump faces renewed push to cancel student debt for eligible borrowers and stop the transfer of accounts to the Treasury

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 4, 2026

    House Appropriations Subcommittee Unveils Annual Funding Bill that Guts Federal Student Loan Programs that Help Working Families Pay for College

    Today, the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services unveiled their annual funding proposal for Fiscal Year 2027. The bill proposes massive cuts to the Department of Education and several crucial student aid programs, including the elimination of Federal subsidized loans which provide low-to-middle-income undergraduate students access to interest-free student loans while the student is enrolled in school and six months directly after they leave their program.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 4, 2026

    Democratic-led states sue to block student loan caps by Trump administration

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 4, 2026

    ‘Affordable NYC Now’ Proposes New Ideas to Hold Corporations Accountable and Lower Costs in New York City

    The Century Foundation, Protect Borrowers, and partners continue their push for ready-to-go policy solutions for Mamdani Administration.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    Check your rent bill: You could be paying a monthly fee for a service you didn’t know you signed up for

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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    CFPB directs Bilt to reimburse customers affected by card transition

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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    As Funding for Graduate Degrees Shrinks, Your Future Income May Decide Your Student Loan Access

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  • News Clips
    Jun 2, 2026

    Qué cambios hay en préstamos federales desde el 1 de julio

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  • News Clips
    Jun 1, 2026

    Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Lets Big Businesses Out of Tens of Millions Owed to Customers

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