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‘Skills nobody can take’: Meet a 20-year-old with a 4.5 GPA who skipped college for technical school to land an ‘AI-proof’ career
Success
‘Skills nobody can take’: Meet a 20-year-old with a 4.5 GPA who skipped college for technical school to land an ‘AI-proof’ career
By Muskaan ArshadSeptember 22, 2026
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Commentary
My $80,000 in student debt changed the next 10 years of my life — and that was in 1988. Imagine what it’s like now
By Verna L. WilliamsAugust 10, 2026
What’s a good rate on a private student loan?
Personal Finance
What’s a good rate on a private student loan?
By Joseph HostetlerAugust 4, 2026
(l-r) Trinity Celeste Tatum, Bryce Alakai Dettloff
Economy
Love Island contestants will spend their winnings on bills and loans because $100K just doesn’t go that far anymore
By Eleanor PringleJuly 30, 2026
debt
Personal Finance
Student loan defaults hit record $233 billion with 1 in 5 borrowers over 9 months behind
By Nicky Forster, Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
debt
Personal Finance
Meet a 40-year-old who filed for bankruptcy in 2022 but still can’t erase $94,000 in student-loan debt: ‘you’re just lost in the system somewhere’
By Heather Hollingsworth, Nicky Forster and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2026
SoFi® vs. College Ave student loans
Personal Finance
SoFi® vs. College Ave student loans
By Joseph HostetlerJuly 13, 2026
SoFi® vs. Sallie Mae for student loans
Personal Finance
SoFi® vs. Sallie Mae for student loans
By Joseph HostetlerJuly 6, 2026
Best private student loans for medical school
Personal Finance
Best private student loans for medical school
By Joseph HostetlerJuly 2, 2026
Trump sits and shows a signed bill
Politics
Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them
By Jacqueline MunisJune 26, 2026
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Personal Finance
Trump’s student loan rate cut excludes most of the 9 million borrowers in default
By Alia Wong, Collin Binkley and The Associated PressJune 20, 2026
Biden’s flip-flopping on student loan promises made borrowers increase discretionary spending, and were 7.5% more likely to default as a result
Personal Finance
Biden’s flip-flopping on student loan promises made borrowers increase discretionary spending, and were 7.5% more likely to default as a result
By Catherina GioinoJune 17, 2026
Doctors and nurses huddle in a hospital hallway
Economy
Trump’s OBBBA will cap federal loans on July 1. Republicans are going over Trump’s head to save student loans for nurses
By Jacqueline MunisJune 17, 2026
Mel Robbins
Success
Millionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back at Gen Z’s lazy label—she says they’re stuck in a world their baby boomer parents wouldn’t even recognize
By Emma BurleighMay 23, 2026
NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off
North America
NC State graduates showed up for a commencement speech. They left with their senior-year loans paid off
By Sydney LakeMay 13, 2026
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he losesplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 3, 2026
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Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei says entrepreneurs should go on vacation to road test potential cofounders—if they’re a drain, they’re ‘the wrong choice’placeholder alt text
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
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By Andrew McGowanOctober 3, 2026
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