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John Oliver Explains Why Student Debt Will Ruin Our Lives

Miles Kampf-Lassin September 10, 2014

On his show This Week Tonight, host John Oliver explains the roots of the student debt crisis and exposes the seedy underbelly of the for-profit college industry—plus provides some unsettling information about former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Miles Kampf-Lassin is Senior Editor at In These Times. Follow him at @MilesKLassin

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