Whether it's the pandemic or a weak job market or poorly conceived political protests, student loan collections are way down.

No one is more responsible for the student loan financial nightmare than Joe Biden and Barack Obama. When the Middle Income Student Assistance Act was introduced in ...

The debtor’s revolt in Western Massachusetts, which took place in the 1780s and came to be called “Shays’ Rebellion,” was believed to have compelled the drafting and ratification of the U.S.

Warren and Nadler reintroduced a bill to reform the bankruptcy system for student-loan borrowers. It would simplify the process for borrowers to get rid of the debt with approval from a judge.

Key Points ・The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has filed an amended complaint and motion seeking class action status, ...

Student loan borrowers who have defaulted on payments could have up to 15% of their pay docked by the federal government starting soon.

American households are drowning in debt like never before. Total credit card balances have soared past $1.21 trillion ...

Millions of people have gotten a break from paying their federal student loans during the pandemic. But there's been no relief for millions of others with private student loans who may not realize ...

Bankruptcy lawyers are warning about a "student debt bomb" they say is about to explode into a repeat of the mortgage bust. In a report issued today, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy ...

People with private student loans have been struggling during the pandemic. Their loans aren't eligible for the government's penalty-free repayment pause, which is in effect until at least Oct. 1 for ...

The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy — and the loss of their house and a car in the process — were their own unique story. They ...