Amid a haze of grief after her son’s murder last year, Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti faced an endless list of tasks — helping the police access Kevin’s phone and email, canceling his subscriptions, credit cards and bank accounts, and arranging his burial in New Jersey. And then there were his college loans. When DeOliveira-Longinetti called
New Jersey’s Student Loan Program Is ‘State-Sanctioned Loan-Sharking’
New Jersey’s loans carry higher interest rates than similar federal programs, and the loans come with a cudgel that even the most predatory for-profit players cannot wield: the power of the state.