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I Said No to My Student Loan: One Borrower's Decision to Stop Paying

Natalia Antonova, AlterNet. December 4, 2011.

I am aware of the total lack of consumer protection associated with student debt. But I took a long, hard look at the numbers, and I realized that I am already a slave.

Meet 5 Big Lenders Profiting From the $1 Trillion Student Debt Bubble (Hint: You Know Some of Them Already)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

As the student movement grows and rallies around the country, we look at the lenders raking in cash off the backs of the U.S.'s students.

Obama and Dems Put a Stop to the Republicans' Kickback Cash Cow in the College Loan Industry

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 31, 2010.

For years, Sallie Mae fed on taxpayers to finance Republican campaigns and private golf courses for their executives. No more.

How Commercial Banks and Private Firms Are Dictating Who Goes To College

Nomi Prins, Newsday. June 21, 2007.

The government can do more to make borrowing for college tuition a benefit, not a burden.