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  • News Clips
    May 8, 2026

    New student loan changes taking effect in July could make college less affordable for millions of borrowers

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  • News Clips
    May 7, 2026

    Their student-loan lender said their debt was gone. The lawsuit said otherwise.

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  • Blogs
    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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  • Letters & Memos
    May 7, 2026

    LDF, Protect Borrowers Letter on College Ave to American Fintech Council

    Protect Borrowers joined LDF to send a letter warning that fintech lender College Ave’s new graduate loan product may violate fair lending and civil rights laws.

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  • News Clips
    May 6, 2026

    Car payments squeeze Americans as auto debt hits $1.68 trillion, report finds

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  • Press Releases
    May 6, 2026

    NEW STUDY: 86 Million Americans Now Carry a Record $1.68 Trillion in Auto Debt Amid Tariff and Gas Price Crunch, Debt Up Nearly 40% Since 2018

    The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers released a report showing that 86 million Americans owe $1.68 trillion in auto loan debt, its highest level ever recorded.

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  • Fact Sheets Reports
    May 6, 2026

    Report and Fact Sheets: How Rising Auto Loan Costs and Debt are Driving Americans Deeper Into the Red

    A report and analysis of consumer credit data by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrow reveals that having a car has become increasingly unaffordable, driving millions of Americans into financial distress. Much of this has been driven or worsened by Trump’s chaotic economic agenda and war with Iran.

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  • News Clips
    May 3, 2026

    Rent now, pay later? The housing affordability crisis goes fintech

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  • Blogs
    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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  • News Clips
    Apr 22, 2026

    Gilbert woman denied teacher loan forgiveness despite years at low-income schools

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  • News Clips
    Apr 22, 2026

    Trump’s Chaos Economy Could Trigger a Debt Crisis

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  • News Clips
    Apr 20, 2026

    Paying for Graduate School Is Going To Get Harder

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  • News Clips
    Apr 19, 2026

    Grad school loan limits may worsen medical shortages

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  • News Clips
    Apr 17, 2026

    Renters use ‘rent now, pay later’ services to manage monthly payments, but fees raise concerns

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  • Blogs
    Apr 16, 2026

    “File Now, Pay Later” is Everything Broken in Our Economy

    The case for a BNPL Bill of Rights.

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  • News Clips
    Apr 15, 2026

    Proposed changes to professional graduate programs could change students’ career paths

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  • News Clips
    Apr 15, 2026

    What the New Loan Caps Will Mean for Grad Students This Fall

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  • News Clips
    Apr 15, 2026

    The Dallas Fire Department accidentally paid a former firefighter $127,000 after he quit. Now it wants that money back

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  • Apr 15, 2026

    Fact Sheet: Tulsa, Oklahoma Student Debt Crisis

    Read our latest fact sheet.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 9, 2026

    ICYMI: Little Hoover Commission Convenes Historic Hearing on California Institutional Debt Crisis Locking Students Out of a Higher Education

    Bipartisan, independent citizens-legislative commissioners express grave concerns over lack of transparency, accountability, and consumer protections in underregulated institutional debt crisis.

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