Statement for a Student Loan on a desktop. Props include reading glasses, coffee cup and pen. Horizontal photograph. Shot from a high angle looking down. Dramatic lighting with some shadows.

Report Higher Education

Trump’s Student Loan Delinquency Crisis, Unmasked

In 2025, student loan delinquencies skyrocketed to 25%, up from roughly zero. Nine million student borrowers are now in default—the largest number ever recorded—meaning they'll have more trouble securing housing, getting a job, and buying a car. And all of this was preventable.

TEHRAN, IRAN - FEBRUARY 1: A man walks past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran, colloquially-referred to as the Spy Den, on February 1, 2026. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today warned of ‘regional war’ if the United States should attack Iran following heavy military deployments by Washington in the Gulf. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Commentary Century International

Attacking Iran Is a Guaranteed Disaster

Multi-ethnic schoolgirls and shcoolboys sit into the class for their first day at school. Some of them are shy and other expressive. There is multicolour name in the front of the desk. Photo was taken in Quebec Canada.

Commentary PK-12 Education

To Reclaim School Choice, Invest in the Public Schools Families Choose Every Day

Report Affordable Futures

Survey: The Affordability Crisis Is Here, and It’s Hitting the Working Class the Hardest

Testimony Higher Education

Testimony: The Cost of College Is Too High, and Trump Is Making it Worse

Commentary Affordable Futures

Trump’s Child Care Funding Freeze in Five States Could Cost Families $400 Million

Commentary Affordable Futures

Fueling Debt: How Rising Utility Costs Are Overwhelming American Families

Learn about Century’s campaign to tackle the true drivers of the cost-of-living crisis and shift power to working families.

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Affordable Futures

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Report Economics

The Hidden Costs of Trump’s Economy: Skipped Meals, Rising Debt, and the Impossible Choices Facing American Families

Woman using thermometer to check temperature of her child. The girl has a flue and feeling sick.

Commentary Health Care

CBO Reaffirms Forecast of a Dramatic Reduction in Health Coverage in 2026 and Beyond

A woman at the clinic’s front desk using a digital tablet to complete a medical form. The scene reflects a modern healthcare setting with streamlined, paperless registration and patient-centered service.

Commentary Health Care

Lambrew: To Make Health Care Affordable, Lower—Or Eliminate—Deductibles

Side view of a male college student standing by himself outside holding a laptop and carrying a backpack.

Commentary Higher Education

How Congress’s Changes to Student Loan Programs Will Make College Even More Unaffordable

Event PK-12 Education

Public Schools on the Frontlines of the Fight Against Fascism

Commentary PK-12 Education

A Backdoor School Voucher Scheme That Sidesteps Civil Rights and Undermines Public Oversight

Commentary Affordable Futures

How We’re Fighting for Affordable Futures

March 19, 2026
From 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Public Schools on the Frontlines of the Fight Against Fascism

The Trump administration has taken aggressive steps to target schools—from book bans and dismantling the Department of Education, to defunding essential public school programs and posting ICE agents at school gates. In Trump 2.0, teachers stand on the frontlines of the fight against fascism. Join us on Thursday, March 19 at 3:00 PM ET for...