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Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis
College costs more today than ever and is worth less. Tuition at public colleges has more than tripled in the past 50 years. Over the same period student debt has grown from virtually nothing to more than $1.7 trillion, second only to home mortgages. Skyrocketing student-loan burdens are leading an entire generation to put off […]
Part of ourCan’t Pay, Won’t Pay: Collective Price-Setting
with Stephen Piccarella Americans pay on average twice as much for healthcare as peer countries with 41% of us in medical debt. In a system that commodifies healthcare along with every other aspect of our survival, this crisis is not just lingering — it’s worsening. Why are we being charged exorbitant prices so many of […]
Part of ourTotal and Permanent Disability Discharge (TPD) Community Discussion
WRITING YOUR DEBT STORY | A Creative Writing Workshop – Part II
Nonfiction writer, educator, and Debt Collective member Kristin Collier will be offering a two-part creative writing workshop focused on telling your debt story. In part one of the workshop, we’ll look at sample writing, discuss focus, structure, language, and research, and do some writing and experimentation together. You’ll leave the session with a plan to […]
Part of ourIs a Debtors’ Revolution the Way?
At virtually every economic scale, debt propels the economy. The working poor pay for groceries and medical emergencies on their credit cards. Cities clear snow and pay kindergarten teachers using funds borrowed from Wall Street. States pave highways and staff prisons by issuing bonds. Nations borrow from global banks to rebuild electrical lines and water […]
Part of ourNational Call for Medical Debt Abolition
Making Revolution Irresistible
Do we have a communication problem on the left? Is the right-wing winning the culture war? Why and how is creativity and art that disturbs the status quo a necessary tool under authoritarianism? Fascism isn’t merely a political ideology, it is also a mode of thinking rooted in rigidity and adherence to archaic, hierarchical worldviews. […]
Part of ourWRITING YOUR DEBT STORY | A Creative Writing Workshop – Part I
Nonfiction writer, educator, and Debt Collective member Kristin Collier will be offering a two-part creative writing workshop focused on telling your debt story. In part one of the workshop, we’ll look at sample writing, discuss focus, structure, language, and research, and do some writing and experimentation together. You’ll leave the session with a plan to […]
Part of ourNew Member Call
50 Over 50 Monthly Call
School Finance School
So many educational justice problems come down to money. Why is the district closing schools? Firing teachers and paras and staff? Shuttering programs? Budget shortfalls, fiscal crises, and sky-is-falling updates from the board, superintendent, and business office. But how do we know what’s really going on? There are always hidden stories and possibilities buried in […]
Part of ourRight to Learn: Monthly Higher Ed call on Student Debt Cancellation & Free College
Debt Strike! Abolish Corporate Landlords & Build Tenant Power
Debtor to Debtor Medicaid Outreach
Final Friday Flow
National Call for Medical Debt Abolition
50 Over 50 Monthly Call
Debtor to Debtor Medicaid Outreach
Monthly Debtors Assembly: From Burden to Power
Back to School Finance Training
So many educational justice problems come down to money. Why is the district closing schools? Firing teachers and paras and staff? Shuttering programs? Budget shortfalls, fiscal crises, and sky-is-falling updates from the board, superintendent, and business office. But how do we know what’s really going on? There are always hidden stories and possibilities buried in […]
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