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OPINION: If we don’t act quickly, the student loan default system could plunge more families into poverty

For too long, the dream of pursuing a college degree has turned into a nightmare of loan default for millions of students. Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the […]