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Some workers are choosing housing and student loan benefits over a retirement plan, and it says a lot about America's cost-of-living crisis
Companies and workers are rethinking job benefits, with a growing focus on non-traditional perks li…
Cork Gaines
Student-loan borrowers could see an easier repayment process through Biden's budget request — along with efforts to make college cheaper
Biden is requesting boosted funding for Federal Student Aid to help support student-loan borrowers …
Ayelet Sheffey
Student-loan borrowers are taking on more debt, and it's not all tuition — blame skyrocketing housing costs
College towns have gotten so expensive that some students are going deeper into debt to afford hous…
Eliza Relman,Ayelet Sheffey
We're watching an American retirement crisis unfold
What was once a natural part of the American dream — retirement — is now a luxury many …
Jordan Parker Erb
Marc Andreessen says student loan forgiveness is a 'bailout.' Ben Horowitz thinks college is mostly 'a scam.'
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz spoke at length in a podcast about American higher education and s…
Kali Hays
House Republicans are moving forward with a bill that would overhaul student-loan repayment and make it harder for Biden to get relief to borrowers
Republicans on the House education committee are marking up a bill to cap the borrowing of some stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
Student-loan borrowers' biggest defender in the government is in jeopardy
The Supreme Court is about to take on a case challenging the funding structure of the CFPB. The sta…
Ayelet Sheffey
Americans are facing a credit card debt crisis
The US is facing a credit card debt crisis as balances and delinquencies soar.
Cork Gaines
The housing market is about to take a hit as student loan payments restart
More than a quarter of borrowers surveyed are worried about making rent or mortgage payments when s…
Jennifer Sor
Why paying off your student loans won't get easier anytime soon
Student-loan borrowers are struggling with an unprecedented repayment. But their challenges go back…
Ayelet Sheffey
A major student-loan company owes debt of its own — but it's continuing to collect millions of borrowers' monthly bills. A Democratic lawmaker says it's time for it to pay up.
Rep. Cori Bush wants the Missouri attorney general to hold student-loan company MOHELA accountable …
Ayelet Sheffey
Cost of Inequity: The Student Loan Crisis
Cost of Inequity returns with this special edition that examines historical events and systemic fla…
Insider Inc.
Dave Ramsey says student loans are 'horrible and evil' and 'we should stop making them' — but he doesn't believe in forgiving debt
"It's intellectually dishonest for politicians to run around talking about forgiving student loans …
Ayelet Sheffey,Jason Lalljee
206 people sent Insider letters addressed to the President about student loan forgiveness. Here are 9 of our favorite.
Buying a home, saving for retirement, living a debt-free life. Readers wrote letters to President B…
Kristie-Valerie Hoang,Lauren Frias,Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Erin Snodgrass
I took out $200,000 in loans for law school but never passed the bar. Now I'm stuck with all of the debt and none of the prestige
Rafael Regales failed the bar twice because of mental-health issues and owes more than $332,000. "I…
Fortesa Latifi
NAACP president slams Biden's plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt: It's 'like pouring a bucket of ice water on a forest fire'
Derrick Johnson has previously urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 in loans per borrower, sayin…
Ayelet Sheffey,Jason Lalljee
How Biden's student-loan plan could help more people start businesses
Biden's plan could provide more disposable income for entrepreneurs. As of 2020, borrowers had $1.5…
Shriya Bhattacharya
The student-loan crisis is facing a shake-up — and lawmakers are worried Biden's Education Department isn't ready to handle it
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns with Biden's ability to implement …
Ayelet Sheffey
The $1.7 trillion student debt crisis was caused by 'deliberate policy decisions' that Biden can reverse with loan forgiveness, Elizabeth Warren says
"Mr. President, labor cares about student-loan debt," Sen. Warren said. She's calling on Biden to d…
Ayelet Sheffey
Student loan payments could get easier for survivors of sexual assault if a bill introduced by Sen. John Fetterman and 10 other Democrats passes
The bill, introduced on Wednesday by Democrats in the House and Senate, would give the option to de…