On AlterNet: student debt

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "student debt"

Loan Service Companies Leave Student Borrowers in the Lurch

Marian Wang, ProPublica. May 7, 2012.

One million borrowers have discovered their federal student loans randomly transferred to new loan-serving companies -- and little about the transition has been smooth.

Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

The collective weight of American student debt is a drag not just on those paying the debt, but on our entire economy.

Will the Young Rise Up and Fight Their Indentured Servitude to the Student Loan Industry?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 24, 2012.

The solution to class exploitation and abuse is always the same: Get conscious, get angry, get energized, and get organized.

Ehrenreich: The Truth Exposed by Occupy Shows That the Real Elites Are the Thieves of the 1%, Not The Liberals of Conservative Myth

Barbara Ehrenreich, John Ehrenreich, The Nation and TomDispatch.com. December 15, 2011.

For decades, conservatives have generated antipathy towards a so-called "liberal elite." Occupy helped America discover the 1% and their crimes.

How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War

Juan Cole, Truthdig. November 23, 2011.

University students find themselves victimized by the same neoliberal agenda that has created the current economic crisis.

Thom Hartmann: As World Population Reaches 7 Billion, What Will Save Us From Ourselves?

Thom Hartmann, AlterNet. November 1, 2011.

There is a way to heal our broken world -- but it won't come from new technologies, a new leader or political party, the Rapture, or space aliens.

They Got Bailed Out, We Got Sold Out: How the Banks Profit from the Lack of Jobs

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 11, 2011.

Consumer borrowing hit its highest level since August 2007 this June; here's why that's not a good sign for the economy.

As Student Credit Card Debt Rises, Banks Quietly Reward Schools

Ben Protess, Jeannette Neumann, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. June 8, 2010.

Colleges make millions selling access and addresses to Bank of America.

Mountains of Student Debt, and the Political Will for Solutions Are at Hand

The Progress ReportMarch 10, 2010.

It's time to kick profit-seeking private student lenders out of the loaning process.

College Loan Slavery: Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand

Nan Mooney, AlterNet. November 12, 2008.

The quest for a college degree is dumping millions of young people deep into a pit of debt from which many will never recover.