by Jane Yurechko | Jul 11, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
Late Wednesday night, after a bill to roll back to 3.4 percent the rate for subsidized Stafford student loans was filibustered on the Senate floor, a group of senators – including Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) – did the unthinkable. They agreed...
by Jane Yurechko | Jun 25, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
A fresh possibility for helping to solve the student loan crisis has emerged – in the form of Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-Ohio) Refinancing Education Funding to Invest for the Future Act. The main goal is to create opportunities for student loan borrowers to take...
by Jane Yurechko | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
As millions of Americans raced to the post office this week to mail in their taxes, we were reminded that April is, indeed, the cruelest month. It’s cruel because the sagging economy continues to create economic hardships for working-class Americans — including the...
by Jane Yurechko | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
As millions of Americans raced to the post office this week to mail in their taxes, we were reminded that April is, indeed, the cruelest month. It’s cruel because the sagging economy continues to create economic hardships for working-class Americans — including the...