200,000 student-loan borrowers get a ‘grand slam’ after a federal judge moves them closer to $6 billion in debt cancellation Ayelet Sheffey 09 aug 2022
Meet a doctor with $895,000 in student debt whose balance has surged on an income-based repayment plan: ‘It’s just wildly out of control now’ Ayelet Sheffey 07 aug 2022
Republicans’ new student-debt relief plan will ‘leave students and families worse off’ and make loans ‘harder to repay,’ a top Democratic lawmaker says Ayelet Sheffey 05 aug 2022
3 Republican lawmakers just countered Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plans with a bill of their own to help borrowers ‘most in need’ Ayelet Sheffey 04 aug 2022
A major student-loan lender ‘assumes’ Biden will keep debt payments paused until January 2023 Ayelet Sheffey 04 aug 2022
The government is losing money on federal student loans, not profiting like it predicted, a watchdog finds Ayelet Sheffey 02 aug 2022
Student-loan borrowers in public service will face ‘inordinate confusion and harm’ if Biden fails to extend temporary relief, 20 state attorneys general say Ayelet Sheffey 01 aug 2022
We’re in a global food crisis that will wreak havoc on local economies and trigger civil unrest Ayelet Sheffey, Harry Robertson 01 aug 2022
Inside Florida’s citrus groves, where growers are working to solve devastating disease and a climate-related shortage to save America’s oranges Ayelet Sheffey 01 aug 2022
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to simplify lowering student-loan borrowers’ monthly bills to avoid ‘catastrophic’ consequences of falling behind on payments Ayelet Sheffey 01 aug 2022
Student-loan borrowers can expect Biden to announce whether he will cancel their debt by the end of August Ayelet Sheffey 01 aug 2022
Meet a man with $47,000 in student debt who’s been trapped in a student-loan repayment ‘bureaucracy nightmare’ for nearly 3 decades without the debt cancellation he was promised Ayelet Sheffey 31 jul 2022
The NAACP continues to push for at least $50,000 in student-loan forgiveness, telling Biden that extending the debt payment pause will ‘only extend the anxiety millions of Americans feel’ Ayelet Sheffey 30 jul 2022
Parents and graduate students could reportedly be eligible for student-loan forgiveness after all Ayelet Sheffey 29 jul 2022
The Education Department is reportedly prepared to grant student-loan forgiveness to millions of borrowers within months after Biden makes an announcement Ayelet Sheffey 28 jul 2022
Biden must extend the student-loan payment pause so borrowers don’t have to choose between monthly bills and ‘putting a roof over their heads,’ 107 Democratic lawmakers say Ayelet Sheffey 28 jul 2022
The ‘broken student loan system’ has jeopardized Black borrowers’ civil rights, Elizabeth Warren says. Here’s how Biden can prevent that. Ayelet Sheffey 28 jul 2022
5 ways Biden’s Education Department has ‘wildly overstepped its authority’ with student-loan relief, according to a top Republican lawmaker Ayelet Sheffey 27 jul 2022
The 18 states sending out stimulus checks probably won’t make inflation worse — but they’re not the best solution to help people cope, economists say Ayelet Sheffey, Ben Winck 27 jul 2022
Biden’s Education Department may be signaling yet another student-loan payment pause extension Ayelet Sheffey 26 jul 2022
Biden’s Education Department just released a plan to prevent for-profit colleges from ‘exploiting’ veterans and loading them up with student debt Ayelet Sheffey 26 jul 2022
New Yorkers with ‘crippling debt’ in behavioral health fields can now apply for up to $50,000 in student-loan forgiveness Ayelet Sheffey 25 jul 2022
Biden’s Education Department is delaying the release of a student-loan repayment plan intended to lower your monthly bills Ayelet Sheffey 24 jul 2022
A student-loan worker who enrolled people in the first income-based debt-repayment plans says it was ‘a bad program from the very beginning’ Ayelet Sheffey 23 jul 2022
Canceling student debt isn’t as easy as it seems, a top student-loan official says: ‘There’s a lot of twists and turns’ Ayelet Sheffey 22 jul 2022
It ‘makes no logical sense’ for Biden to cancel student debt while continuing to ‘hand out loans,’ House Republicans say Ayelet Sheffey 21 jul 2022
Student-loan borrowers in public service have 3 more months to benefit from extra relief — and 2 Democratic lawmakers want to make that relief permanent Ayelet Sheffey 21 jul 2022
Student-loan forgiveness is ‘clearly important’ to Biden, the White House says — but there’s no timeline for when it might happen Ayelet Sheffey 20 jul 2022
Student debt, voting rights, and abortion: The 3 ‘alarming crises’ White House officials will be asked to address at the NAACP’s annual convention Ayelet Sheffey 17 jul 2022
Meet a first-generation attorney with $347,000 in student debt who can’t land a job and says ’there are a substantial number of people like me that are being forgotten’ Ayelet Sheffey 17 jul 2022
The student-loan crisis is facing a shake-up — and lawmakers are worried Biden’s Education Department isn’t ready to handle it Ayelet Sheffey 16 jul 2022
A student-loan forgiveness program was ‘run by greedy loan servicers’ under Betsy DeVos, Elizabeth Warren says — and Biden can fix ’the mess’ by canceling debt Ayelet Sheffey 15 jul 2022
Student-loan borrowers can now submit comments to Biden’s Education Department on its plans to improve debt relief Ayelet Sheffey 14 jul 2022
Student loan borrowers want to meet with Biden face-to-face as he nears a decision on broad debt forgiveness: ‘Forty-five million Americans deserve a seat at the table’ Ayelet Sheffey 13 jul 2022
Student-loan borrowers ‘shouldn’t have to act as a labor economist’ to prove a college misled them on job prospects and loaded them up with debt, Biden’s Education Department says Ayelet Sheffey 11 jul 2022
Biden’s Education Department has a plan to prevent spiraling interest on student loans that can make it impossible for borrowers to touch the original balance they borrowed Ayelet Sheffey 10 jul 2022
An employee at a major student-loan company says it’s ‘an awful business’ and ‘it’s normal to take time after some calls to literally cry’ Ayelet Sheffey 10 jul 2022
Some student-loan companies have ‘derailed’ debt forgiveness for public servants, a Democratic senator says — and he wants Biden’s Education Department to expand the relief Ayelet Sheffey 07 jul 2022
A former employee at a major student-loan company says workers ‘literally cannot help’ some borrowers when they’re in trouble: ‘The idea of actually paying off a loan is virtually impossible’ Ayelet Sheffey 07 jul 2022
Biden’s latest proposals to fix student-loan forgiveness programs ‘fail’ to solve ‘endless borrowing and ballooning college costs,’ top Republican lawmaker says Ayelet Sheffey 07 jul 2022
Layoffs at a major student-loan company created ‘panic’ among some employees: ‘People were being fired and removed without a word’ Ayelet Sheffey 07 jul 2022
4 student-loan forgiveness programs might become easier to qualify for. Here’s what you need to know. Ayelet Sheffey 06 jul 2022
Biden’s Education Department just proposed a student-loan forgiveness revamp so borrowers ‘don’t have to jump through hoops’ for debt relief Ayelet Sheffey 06 jul 2022
Biden’s White House fears canceling student debt will drive inflation even higher — and that restarting loan payments might help avoid that Ayelet Sheffey, Ben Winck 06 jul 2022
A new student-loan company is now taking over the accounts of public servants seeking debt cancellation Ayelet Sheffey 05 jul 2022
Meet a 37-year-old with $108,100 in student debt who lives in a school bus because rent is unaffordable: ‘Student-loan debt is by far my biggest regret’ Ayelet Sheffey 04 jul 2022
Student-loan payments resume in 2 months as Biden nears a decision on federal debt cancellation Ayelet Sheffey 01 jul 2022
Student-loan borrowers shouldn’t have to pay off debt Biden ‘has promised to cancel,’ 180 organizations say — and they’re calling for another payment pause extension Ayelet Sheffey 30 jun 2022
Biden’s top student-loan official says he’s ‘pushing hard’ to give public servants more time to apply for debt relief Ayelet Sheffey 29 jun 2022
‘Widespread’ student-loan forgiveness is already happening, a top Republican lawmaker says — and Biden’s plans for further relief are ‘a blatant political ploy’ Ayelet Sheffey 27 jun 2022
