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  • News Clips
    Sep 12, 2024

    Navient, CFPB reach $120M settlement over landmark student loan servicing case

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 12, 2024

    Navient Corporation Permanently Banned from Federal Student Loan Servicing Market, Ordered to Pay $100 Million to Cheated Borrowers

    CFPB’s blockbuster enforcement action drove Biden-Harris Administration to cancel $50 billion in student loans for one million borrowers.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 11, 2024

    Activists call on Joe Biden to take action on these issues before leaving office

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 11, 2024

    Advisory for Tuesday, September 17: For First Time in A Decade, Senate to Hold Hearing Solely Dedicated to Private Student Loans

    SBPC policy director and long-time student loan expert to provide testimony along with Dalié Jiménez, co-founder of the Student Loan Law Initiative.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 10, 2024

    Oakland author takes unflinching look at student debt crisis, but offers solutions

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 10, 2024

    NCLC, PPSL, and SBPC Joint Statement on 50+ Lawmaker Letter to Cardona About MOHELA

    It is long past time for ED to conduct a robust review of MOHELA’s failures.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 10, 2024

    Millions of student-loan borrowers’ payments are being ‘wildly’ mismanaged by a major servicer — and it might be time to terminate its contract, over 50 Democratic lawmakers say

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  • Investigations
    Sep 10, 2024

    Total Private Student Loan Balance by State

    Explore our map indicating the total private student loan balance by state.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 7, 2024

    For-Profit College Students Sue MOHELA for Not Delivering Promised Debt Forgiveness

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  • News Clips
    Sep 5, 2024

    ‘Dangerous’: Judge Blocks Student Debt Relief Rule That Doesn’t Exist Yet

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  • News Clips
    Sep 5, 2024

    Student loan borrowers are in limbo while legal challenges wend through courts

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 5, 2024

    Right-Wing Georgia Judge Temporarily Blocks Student Debt Relief Rule that Does Not Yet Exist

    Bypassing Missouri federal courts, the Missouri AG manipulates the justice system to protect MOHELA’s profits.

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  • News Clips
    Aug 29, 2024

    Biden’s newest student loan repayment plan temporarily blocked by Supreme Court

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  • Press Releases
    Aug 28, 2024

    SCOTUS Gets It Wrong Again, Locks Student Loan Borrowers in Limbo

    As a result of this decision, tens of millions of borrowers will be unable to access lower monthly loan payments and 8 million borrowers will continue to have payments paused as lower courts consider legal challenges.

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  • News Clips
    Aug 28, 2024

    Right-Wing Supreme Court Keeps Pause on Biden’s Student Debt Relief Effort

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  • News Clips
    Aug 28, 2024

    Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore SAVE student debt plan

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  • Press Releases
    Aug 26, 2024

    Advocates to 8th Circuit: Stop Playing Politics and Protect Borrowers

    Despite orders temporarily blocking lower student loan payments and forgiveness, no court has weighed in on the legality of the decades-old law used to deliver debt relief.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    Aug 23, 2024

    Amicus Brief to 8th Circuit Regarding SAVE Litigation

    SBPC amicus curiae brief to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit supporting DOJ effort to restore access to affordable loan payments for millions with student debt.

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  • Press Releases
    Aug 20, 2024

    Trump-Appointed Texas Judge Snatches Away Key Protections Against Employer-Driven Debt From Millions of Workers

    Anti-worker ruling aims to allow employers to use Training Repayment Agreement Provisions akin to modern-day indentured servitude.

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  • News Clips
    Aug 20, 2024

    This 85-year-old mom co-signed her daughter’s student loan years ago. Now she fears the lender may take her house

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