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  • IN DEBT

    An online magazine about debt from the good folks at Protect Borrowers.

  • Mike Pierce

    I write about debt. Lawyer, advocate, and co-founder of Protect Borrowers. Former federal financial regulator and House staffer.

  • Julie Margetta Morgan

    President, The Century Foundation

  • Ben Kaufman

    voice of a generation

  • Chris Hicks

    Senior Policy Advisor at Protect Borrowers.

  • Persis Yu

    Persis Yu is Protect Borrowers’ Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel. Persis is a nationally recognized expert on consumer protection and student loan issues and has over a decade of hands-on experience representing low-income consumers.

  • Jennifer Zhang

    policy, research, data @ protect borrowers

  • Aissa Banez
  • Mark Huelsman

    Higher ed, affordability, debt, upward mobility, working dad, sports, kittens.

  • Adam Teitelbaum

    Former Director of the Office of Consumer Protection at the DC Attorney General's Office. Current thinker on emerging consumer protection issues.

  • Gerardo Bonilla Chavez

    Policy, Strategy, and Culture.

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