Delete Your Account — Episode 28: Time For A Debt Strike
Alexis Goldstein discusses Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary and his history of racist lending practices and profiting off of the backs of mistreated homeowners.
American Consumers $11.85 Trillion In Debt, Corporate Sector Re-Leveraging
According to an analysis by personal finance information company NerdWallet, American consumers owe a total of $11.85 trillion in debt.
Bernie Sanders & Jill Stein’s College Plans Treat Education As A Human Right
Though Clinton promises to make college affordable, both Stein and Sanders rolled out bold plans to slash student debt and make education accessible to all.
Student Loan Crisis Driven By For-Profit Colleges, Report Shows
Brookings Institution found that “most of the increase in default is because of an upsurge in the number of borrowers attending for-profit schools and, to a lesser-extent, community colleges and other non-selective institutions whose students had historically composed only a small share of student borrowing.”