May 23 Watch News Wrap: IRS Replaces Official Who Refused to Answer Questions at Hearing In other news Thursday, the IRS announced that it had replaced Lois Lerner, the official who oversaw the agents who targeted conservative groups. Also, the U.S. House voted to peg federal student loan rates to those set by the financial… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Will the Youth Vote, Crucial to Obama's Reelection, Actually Go to the Polls? Will the Youth Vote, Crucial to Obama's Reelection, Actually Go to the Polls?… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation… Continue watching
Jun 04 The Heavy Load of Student Debt By Paul Solman // We first set out to cover the student-debt story last year when we read David Graeber's book, "Debt: The First 5000 Years" and listened to him speak (online). Graeber was pushing a proposal for mass repudiation of student… Continue reading
May 30 Watch The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Student Loans: the Politics, Pitfalls and Payoffs Ignoring a veto threat by President Obama, House Republicans voted Friday to extend a 2007 provision that halves the rate on Stafford student loans, but the parties are split on how to pay for it. Jeffrey Brown, George Washington University's… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be? President Obama outlined a plan to speed up help for millions of Americans struggling with the cost of higher education. Gwen Ifill discusses the president's effort to ease the burden of student loans with "Generation Debt" author Anya Kamenetz and… Continue watching
Dec 06 Malemployed College Graduates Cope with Discouragement By Elizabeth Shell Headline unemployment (U-3) was up to 9.8 percent in November, and the government's broadest indicator, U-6, which includes all who worked at all last month, even if just for an hour -- is holding steady at 17 percent. Add… Continue reading
Dec 06 Malemployed College Graduates Cope with Discouragement By Elizabeth Shell Headline unemployment (U-3) was up to 9.8 percent in November, and the government's broadest indicator, U-6, which includes all who worked at all last month, even if just for an hour -- is holding steady at 17 percent. Add… Continue reading