otis college of art and design Grads explode into cheers when told Snapchat's Evan Spiegel will pay off all student debts (video) Carla Sinclair
economics "Your debt is someone else's asset", a short film from The Intercept, Mollie Crabapple and co., and Astra Taylor Elías Villoro
debt Expected family contributions for college loans might be going away, thanks to COVID-19 Thom Dunn
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
education Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow
education Even if you pay off your student loan, be prepared to spend decades trying to get bottom-feeding debt-buyers to acknowledge it Cory Doctorow
elections Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptcies Cory Doctorow
education Profiles of young Americans who entered voluntary exile rather than paying their student loans Cory Doctorow
education Since 2007, debt-haunted grads have been doing public service to earn loan forgiveness, which they won't get Cory Doctorow
Business Nudging doesn't give poor people retirement savings, it just makes them poorer Cory Doctorow
trumpism Independent auditor: Trump has made it impossible for students defrauded by predatory diploma mills to get their loans cancelled Cory Doctorow