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About 45 million borrowers in the US collectively owe $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, a burden that has left millennials worse off than their parents, delayed marriages and children, widened the racial wealth gap, and had devastating mental health consequences.
Over the weekend, the Department of Education began reminding borrowers via texts and email that their monthly payments will resume on Jan. 1.
By the time her son was born in 2017, “$1,000 a month only got my son half day care” at a good childcare provider, one mom said.
“The swamp is alive and well in Washington, D.C."
“One week I might have seven, eight, 10 families I was shopping for. I had a week when I had no money. That’s definitely a challenge.”
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The protest, organized by trucker Rick Santiago, was held to express truckers’ frustration over shipping rates that they say are so low that they can’t make a living.
