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  • News Clips
    Aug 12, 2025

    Student Loan Changes Are Here — Here’s How Black Women Can Stay Ahead

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  • Blogs
    Jul 10, 2025

    Sham PSLF Neg Reg: Harmful, Horrific, and Illegal

    ED held a Neg Reg session to codify Trump’s March executive order calling on ED to limit PSLF eligibility for public service workers employed at organizations or state/local governments doing work that conflicts with the Administration’s right-wing agenda. Amy Czulada was in the room—read her firsthand account.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 2, 2025

    Groups Urge U.S. Department of Education to Ensure Robust Representation on Student Debt Rulemaking Panel

    Letter proposes slate of diverse and qualified negotiators ready to lend vital expertise and experience on PSLF and IDR.

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    May 14, 2025

    Bonni Snider’s Testimony at Senator Warren’s Spotlight Forum, “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for American Families”

    See here to read Bonni Snider’s testimony from May 14, 2025.

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  • Fact Sheets
    May 12, 2025

    Fact Sheet: Student Debt Default Crisis By the Numbers

    The data underscore how default has disastrous consequences for borrowers and their families. For many, default is a lifetime sentence, and America’s most vulnerable communities—older, low-income, borrowers with disabilities, and Black borrowers—are disproportionately impacted.

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  • Press Releases
    May 9, 2025

    42 Legal Services Groups, Veterans Rights Organizations, and Consumer Watchdogs Tell Federal Court of Appeals: The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB

    Amicus brief: the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    May 9, 2025

    42 Legal Services Groups, Veterans Rights Organizations, and Consumer Watchdogs Tell Federal Court of Appeals: The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB

    Amicus brief: the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    May 9, 2025

    Amicus Brief: The Destruction of the CFPB Would Inflict Immeasurable Harm to Financially Vulnerable Americans and the Broader U.S. Economy

    This brief says the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Press Releases
    May 6, 2025

    Senate Democrats Spotlight Radical Effort to Decimate U.S. Department of Education in Forum, Condemn Chaos in Communities Across the Country

    Veteran and student loan borrower Tasha Berkhalter to warn lawmakers of risks to military families.

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    May 5, 2025

    Tasha Berkhalter’s Testimony at Senator Murray’s Spotlight Forum, “Abandoning America’s Promise: The Real Cost of Dismantling the Department of Education”

    See here to read Tasha Berkhalter’s testimony from May 6, 2025.

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