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by Rep. Karen Bass onMay 9, 2013
Writing at the Huffington Post, Rep. Karen Bass makes the case for a comprehensive fix to the student-loan debt crisis. For one thing, student-loan interest rates will double on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
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January 4, 2013
As we count down the days to a second term, a look at his record on college lending.
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by Keli Goff onOctober 16, 2012
Of course topics such as affirmative action and black unemployment won't come up. But we can dream.
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by Keli Goff onOctober 16, 2012
Of course topics such as affirmative action and black unemployment won't come up. But we can dream.
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by Keli Goff onOctober 16, 2012
Of course topics such as affirmative action and black unemployment won't come up. But we can dream.
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May 4, 2012
President Obama will speak with Virginia students and parents about student loan interest rates.
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April 27, 2012
This week on The Confab: Join Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris as she chats with Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and Senior Political Correspondent Cynthia Gordy about our black-obesity series, Brian McKnight's new X-rated song and more.
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by Nsenga Burton onAugust 10, 2011
Record student loans with no jobs in sight equals another financial crisis.
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July 23, 2010
Default rates on student loans increase.
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September 28, 2009
Barack Obama has put together a plan to change the way student loans are administered. It's passed the House of Representatives, but now, some wonder whether American students are being well-served by expensive, private four-year colleges.
