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  • Blogs
    Jul 1, 2026

    Behind in Every State: A Deeper Look at America’s Credit Card Debt Crisis

    From Maine to Mississippi, working families are drowning in rising prices and credit card debt.

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  • Fact Sheets
    Jul 1, 2026

    Credit Card Debt Crisis State Fact Sheets

    State-by-state breakdown of how credit card debt is growing in all 50 states.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 30, 2026

    Local Governments, Labor Unions, and Nonprofit Organizations Triumph in Challenge to Trump-Vance Administration’s Weaponization of Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    Court sides with broad coalition, blocking unlawful effort to punish perceived political opponents.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 30, 2026

    A judge blocks Trump’s plan to limit a major student-loan forgiveness program for public servants

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  • News Clips
    Jun 30, 2026

    Judges toss Trump’s loan forgiveness rule

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  • News Clips
    Jun 30, 2026

    Judges Strike Down Trump Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants

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  • News Clips
    Jun 29, 2026

    Crisis de dudas y asequibilidad afecta a educadores y empleados públicos en Nuevo México

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  • Blogs
    Jun 25, 2026

    What in the Giggle are We Doing?

    With Gig Worker Cash Advance our broken labor market brings desperation finance to work.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 24, 2026

    A New Bipartisan Discharge Petition Forces a Reckoning on Student Loan Interest

    Bipartisan bill would cap interest rates on federal student loans at 2%.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 23, 2026

    New Mexico Teachers and Public Employees Are Skipping Medications and Medical Care to Pay Their Bills, Survey Finds

    New data released at series of Albuquerque events featuring state and local officials shows deepening debt crisis; groups call for solutions.

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  • Fact Sheets
    Jun 23, 2026

    Fact Sheet: Affordability in Albuquerque, New Mexico

    The fact sheet includes data on student loan, credit card, and auto debt for borrowers in the Albuquerque metropolitan area of New Mexico.

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  • Blogs
    Jun 22, 2026

    The Shadow System Behind the Default Cliff

    This blog is part two of a three-part series that examines the shadow network of vendors that control the federal student loan market and the role they play in driving student loan defaults.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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