http://thehistoryhacker.com/2013/08/14/the-civil-war-a-lecture-part-one/

Huzhou More than 40 million Americans carry a combined record $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower in hock for $29,000. Now, a new study from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth shows that education-related debt is strangling some people of color, squeezing tighter on their necks than the general population.

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