Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

I got some very good news last week. An email was tagged: “Your student loans have been forgiven.” First I thought it was fake and then I ch...

Sign seen at the Medicaid Expansion rally held Thursday in Cheyenne: "Cancer should not be a debt sentence." You could customi...

This is a great idea, and yet another offshoot of Occupy Wall Street: Rolling Jubilee is a Strike Debt project that buys debt for pen...

Denver Post political editor Curtis Hubbard landed a great interview with former Wyoming Sen. Al Simpson. Some highlights are in today DP wi...

Letter from Wyo. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, with her comments in red and mine in blue: Dear Michael: Thank you for contacting me regarding healthc...

Crooks & Liars explores the burgeoning world of online educational resources, especially for college students. A great option for middl...

New credit card bill passed 90-5 today in the U.S. Senate. It includes some much-needed restrictions on credit card companies. Anne Flaherty...

This comes intact from Crooks and Liars : I expect a bit of deja vu , in which Obama tells them he's the only thing between them and the...

A New York Times’ story on April 7 carried this lede: A senior Education Department official who owned stock in a student loan company whil...