student loans and debt

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Love Island contestants will spend their winnings on bills and loans because $100K just doesn’t go that far anymore

By Eleanor PringleJuly 30, 2026

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Student loan defaults hit record $233 billion with 1 in 5 borrowers over 9 months behind

By Nicky Forster, Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026

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Meet a 40-year-old who filed for bankruptcy in 2022 but still can’t erase $94,000 in student-loan debt: ‘you’re just lost in the system somewhere’

By Heather Hollingsworth, Nicky Forster and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026

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SoFi® vs. College Ave student loans

By Joseph HostetlerJuly 13, 2026

SoFi® vs. Sallie Mae for student loans

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SoFi® vs. Sallie Mae for student loans

By Joseph HostetlerJuly 6, 2026

Best private student loans for medical school

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Best private student loans for medical school

By Joseph HostetlerJuly 2, 2026

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Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them

By Jacqueline MunisJune 26, 2026

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Trump’s student loan rate cut excludes most of the 9 million borrowers in default

By Alia Wong, Collin Binkley and The Associated PressJune 20, 2026

Biden’s flip-flopping on student loan promises made borrowers increase discretionary spending, and were 7.5% more likely to default as a result

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Biden’s flip-flopping on student loan promises made borrowers increase discretionary spending, and were 7.5% more likely to default as a result

By Catherina GioinoJune 17, 2026

Doctors and nurses huddle in a hospital hallway

Trump’s OBBBA will cap federal loans on July 1. Republicans are going over Trump’s head to save student loans for nurses

By Jacqueline MunisJune 17, 2026

Mel Robbins

Millionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back at Gen Z’s lazy label—she says they’re stuck in a world their baby boomer parents wouldn’t even recognize

By Emma BurleighMay 23, 2026

NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off

NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off

By Sydney LakeMay 13, 2026

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Americans owe $1.68 trillion on car loans — more than credit card debt and as much as all federal student loans

By Tristan BoveMay 7, 2026

Two female college roommates study together in the dorm

Trump wants to cut federal loans from college programs that don’t pay off. College cosmetology, fine arts, and music programs are at risk

By Preston ForeMay 3, 2026

Student with moving boxes, with parents.

Gen Z is rewriting the American Dream, and their parents are funding it—using tuition money for down payments, instead

By Preston ForeApril 6, 2026

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By Preston ForeAugust 1, 2026

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Millennials say they’ll refuse to care for aging boomer parents—but they’ll be forced to as their inheritance shrinks to 40 cents on the dollar

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By Nick LichtenbergJuly 31, 2026

The rise of 'conspicuous waiting': The 19th-century economic theory that explains why Gen Z posts their place in line

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By Tatiana SatauaJuly 31, 2026