Economic Justice

The Student Debt Trap: How America Financialized Higher Education and Left a Generation Behind

The federal student loan system has transformed from a pathway to opportunity into a debt machine that profits from borrowers' struggles. Policy decisions over decades turned higher education into a wealth extraction mechanism, locking out millions from economic mobility.

Mar 28, 2026

Rent Is Too Damn High and Getting Higher: Why America's Housing Crisis Is a Policy Choice, Not an Accident

America's housing crisis isn't the result of natural market forces—it's the predictable outcome of decades of policy choices that prioritized profit over people. From exclusionary zoning to Wall Street landlords, the system is working exactly as designed.

Mar 27, 2026