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Student Loan Debt

News, analysis, and commentary on the status of student loan debt in America.

How to take advantage of Biden’s new student loan relief plan

By Nicole Narea August 23

The White House should admit that student debt forgiveness isn’t happening

By Kevin Carey August 7

Biden’s new plan to forgive $39 billion in student loans, explained

By Nicole Narea July 14

The Supreme Court just struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. Here’s Plan B.

By Christian Paz June 30

The difficult reality of restarting student loan payments, in 5 charts

By Nicole Narea June 30

The Supreme Court’s lawless, completely partisan student loans decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser June 30

How to prepare for the return of student loan payments

By Allie Volpe June 30

10 Updates

The Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

By Vox Staff June 30

If you have student loans, here’s what the debt ceiling deal means for you

By Christian Paz June 1

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Voters don’t actually care about student loan forgiveness

By Christian Paz September 18, 2022

Will student loan forgiveness make inflation worse?

By Madeleine Ngo August 25, 2022

I paid off all my student loans. I still support student loan forgiveness.

By David Goldstein November 16, 2020

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