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URL:https://debtcollective.org/event/burdened-student-debt-and-the-making-
 of-an-american-crisis/
SUMMARY:Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis
DESCRIPTION:College costs more today than ever and is worth less. Tuition a
 t public colleges has more than tripled in the past 50 years. Over the sam
 e period student debt has grown from virtually nothing to more than $1.7 t
 rillion\, second only to home mortgages.\n\nSkyrocketing student-loan burd
 ens are leading an entire generation to put off the traditional milestones
  of adulthood: buying homes\, getting married\, starting families\, and sa
 ving for retirement. The burden weighs heavier on women and black American
 s\, and with almost 10 percent of student debtors now over the age of 60\,
  it is a crisis no longer limited to the young.\n\nRyann Liebenthal’s Bu
 rdened tells the maddening story of how the power plays of legislators and
  presidents\, the commodification of higher ed\, and the rapacious practic
 es of for-profit colleges and private lenders have created today’s stude
 nt-debt lava pit.\n\nAs the notion of student-loan cancellation percolates
  into the political mainstream\, Liebenthal offers a deeply researched\, s
 weeping narrative of our broken system. Rather than give in to despair\, s
 he boldly charts a way out\, offering hopeful solutions to this seemingly 
 unfixable problem.\n\nPresented by Ryann Liebenthal\, a writer and editor 
 living in Oakland\, California\, who has reported extensively on the stude
 nt loan crisis. Her writing has appeared in Harper’s Magazine\, Mother J
 ones\, n + 1\, and the New Republic. Her book Burdened: Student Debt and t
 he Making of an American Crisis was published by Dey Street in 2024.\n
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