Student Loan Debt
News, analysis, and commentary on the status of student loan debt in America.
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It is important to hang onto grudges against the Supreme Court.
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![Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24763321/1364051755.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Court’s first decision blocking student loan forgiveness was a lawless mess.
![Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25379895/2141954357.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=33.325%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
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![One state’s big plan to fix the high cost of college](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25373191/1660410675.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.8867924528302%2C0%2C80.22641509434%2C100&w=2400)
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Minnesota found a way to make college a good deal.
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Biden has a Plan B for student debt. Will it survive the Supreme Court?
![Even for high earners, student loan repayment is crushing](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24979414/GettyImages_1482844574.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.76391825229%2C0%2C70.472163495419%2C100&w=2400)
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People aren’t only cutting streaming subscriptions and cooking at home — they’re dipping into 401(k)s and postponing retirement.
![How to take advantage of Biden’s new student loan relief plan](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24868699/1373728569.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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SAVE, Biden’s new income-based repayment plan, could significantly bring down your monthly payments.
![The White House should admit that student debt forgiveness isn’t happening](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24830426/1505800929.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=6.5606571187869%2C0%2C66.672283066554%2C100&w=2400)
![The White House should admit that student debt forgiveness isn’t happening](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24830426/1505800929.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0042119450762357%2C100%2C99.991576109848&w=2400)
There’s still time to help student debtors before loan repayment begins — but it means changing course.
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More than 800,000 borrowers are now eligible for student loan forgiveness. Here’s what that means for you.
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The Court ruled 6-3.
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The White House hasn’t given up on loan forgiveness.
![The difficult reality of restarting student loan payments, in 5 charts](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24763321/1364051755.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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The Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and payments are restarting. What is the potential economic fallout?
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The Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska is nothing more than an exercise of raw power. It bears no resemblance to actual law.
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Get ready now to resume (or start) paying back your student loans.
![If you have student loans, here’s what the debt ceiling deal means for you](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24697351/1247558068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.313240043057%2C0%2C66.671151776103%2C100&w=2400)
![If you have student loans, here’s what the debt ceiling deal means for you](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24697351/1247558068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0033636057854025%2C100%2C99.993272788429&w=2400)
Get ready to pay back your loans — or pressure the White House for new action.
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Boomers like me who paid off all of our student loans need to give millennials a break.