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  • fafsa Expected family contributions for college loans might be going away, thanks to COVID-19 Thom Dunn
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  • debt Cory Doctorow: America's economy is cooked Mark Frauenfelder
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  • debt forgiveness Bernie Sanders will use a tax on Wall Street speculators to wipe out $1.6 trillion in US student debt Cory Doctorow
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