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Student Loan Debt

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

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, explained

By Christian Paz

One state’s big plan to fix the high cost of college

By Miles Bryan

Biden’s new plan for student loan relief, explained

By Kevin Carey

Even for high earners, student loan repayment is crushing

By Whizy Kim

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

By Nicole Narea

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

By Kevin Carey

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

By Nicole Narea

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

By Christian Paz

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

By Nicole Narea

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

By Ian Millhiser

How to prepare for the return of student loan payments

By Allie Volpe

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

By Vox Staff

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

By Christian Paz

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

By David Goldstein

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