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The Farm Bill that is expected to pass the U.S. House this week explains income inequality in America. The Republican-sponsored proposal slashes food stamps for poor children and pads farm subsidies for wealthy agri-businessmen.
Born at the dawn of the Reagan era, Millennials were the first generation to be fully subjected to the all-out assault of the idea that we take care of each other in this country. Some of us are the parents of Millenials, and we wonder: who will fight with them, and for them?
Huffington Post Reader Question Dear Steve, Went to Temple University and got a BS in Exercise Physiology. I owe Sallie Mae over $165,000 in loans,...
Will GOP delaying tactics torpedo Immigration Reform? Will student loan interest rates be allowed to double? Will the 'stall' last until the 2014 mid-...
If you have money conversations with your kids starting at a young age, it will be easier to teach them along the way. We've put together five essential money talks that you should be having with your kids during key developmental periods of their lives.
That a pile of debt is a burden on new grads is pretty obvious. Less obvious is that the student debt burden, now in excess of $1 trillion by some estimates, is beginning to be a drag on the economy.
Let me share a few financial lessons I learned the hard way when I was just starting out. They might save you a lot of money in the long run and help you get closer to your life goals, whether it's buying a house, starting a family or even retiring early -- as far off as that may sound.
During my exclusive broadcast conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren tonight on PBS, she states, "We can't be a country that invests in big banks and won't invest in our students who want an education. Let's not call it postmortem just yet; let's call it we're still in the middle of the fight."
The student loan crisis in America is reaching epidemic proportions, to the tune of a trillion dollars owed by students for the privilege of pursuing an affordable higher education. As with most complex issues, there is good news and bad.
Student loans are not like mortgages, for the simple reason that they are non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. They are not a bubble and cannot become one. What they can become is an anchor that is sinking the fortunes of an entire generation.
Huffington Post Reader Question Hi Steve, Like many others who have written you, I come with a question regarding private student loans. Between m...
Congress should be ashamed of itself for imposing more barriers to college access and completion because of its perverse inability to make any good decisions these days.
I'll start with the severity of the problem and then turn to solutions. Defaults on student loans are looming as the next big financial crises facing...
A Wells Fargo stock analyst, who boosts for-profit colleges while frequently overlooking their abuses, lays the blame for one particularly predatory college's high failure rate at the feet of low-income students, or, as he calls them, "subprime" students.
Huffington Post Reader Question Dear Steve, I'm what some would consider a "career" student, and I'm learning several lessons about debt the hard wa...
Is Senator Warren's plan the best way to help struggling students pay for the cost of higher education? Certainly not. But given the way Washington works, you take what you get, which means the plan deserves support.
