My husband is 40 and I am 44. When we got married a year ago, I was aware that he had about $67,000 in student-loan debt as well as credit-card debt from living paycheck-to-paycheck. He never ...

Debt levels in the U.S. are climbing higher than ever, and the strain is being felt across millions of households. Borrowers are carrying larger balances overall in terms of their debt loads, and ...

When her husband Marcus died of a heart attack at 39, Elena was left with more than grief. The Seattle schoolteacher was suddenly a single mom with two small kids. She was also saddled with massive ...