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America's Wealth Coach Deborah Owens has a few tips that will help you kick your student loan debt to the curb.

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Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein explains why African-Americans should vote for her in the 2016 presidential election.

Jamie Grill/Getty Images The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has announced a new advocacy campaign, #InTheBlack. It provides tools and resources to support the need for knowledge about student loan repayment and overall financial literacy for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students and parents. The Campaign will address the student loan debt repayment […]

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Student loan debt is at an all time high — and it’s hitting African-American students the hardest. According to a study by the Brookings Institution, there are racial debt disparities in low-to-moderate income students. Black students leave college with an average debt of $27,000, while White students incur an average of $20,000. Student load debt facts: Black […]

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Dee triumphantly raps, “For those who doubted me, yeah this is payback. No sir, I don’t drive a Maybach. But guess what I did? I finished paying Sallie Mae back.”

Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower…

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Wealth coach Deborah Owens joined Roland Martin Tuesday on “NewsOne Now” to share some very important information about saving for college. In this week’s installment of…

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  On Tuesday, Rep. Charles Rangel joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss President Barack Obama’s executive order to help millions of Americans lower their…

via BBC News In a rare outbreak of bipartisan voting, the US Congress has passed a measure preventing student loan interest rates from doubling. With a deadline looming, lawmakers passed the measure as part of a larger transportation bill. The legislative amity comes amid an election year that has been riven by rancour between party […]

Franchesca Leigh Ramsey, a 27-year-old freelance graphic designer, is among the many viral sensations to have parodied Beyonce’s latest video “Countdown.” In perhaps the most socially poignant of the parodies, Ramsey’s “Student Loan Countdown,” highlights the trouble many U.S. college students have paying back their college loans. In the parody, Ramsey sings: “Oh, should I stand […]

NEW YORK — Due to the recession and rising college fees, many female students are turning to older men with money or “sugar daddies” to help them pay their college loan debt. The article talks about the website, Seekingarrangement.com, which is home to “college tuition sugar daddies.” The pieces focuses on a young, New York […]

The number of college students defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most likely group to default, according to new government stats released Monday.