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(w/ Video) Debt and buried: US students slaves to their loans

Saturday, November 19, 2011


 

Debt and buried: US students slaves to their loans

The calm after the storm – just a handful of “occupiers” gathered in New York's Zuccotti Park, after police moved in to clear the site Thursday. Those remaining hope to draw attention to the plight of groups like college students, crippled with debt.

­Removing the camp had triggered a so-called day of action from the demonstrators, which spiraled into clashes with officers and led to hundreds of arrests. Authorities are hoping the two-month campaign has run out of steam, but defiant protesters say it is far from over.

The movement is attracting young people who are having trouble paying back their student loans, while struggling to make ends meet..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/debt-student-loan-gray-737/

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