Marian Wang
Marian Wang was a reporter for ProPublica, covering education and college debt.
Marian Wang was a reporter for ProPublica, covering education and college debt. She joined ProPublica in 2010, first blogging about a variety of accountability issues. Her later stories focused on how rising college costs and the complexity of the student loan system affect students and their families. Prior to coming to ProPublica, she worked at Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco and freelanced for a number of Chicago-based publications, including The Chicago Reporter, an investigative magazine focused on issues of race and poverty.
Unraveling the Spin on the Fight Over Hidden Debit Card Fees
Here’s why the banks and the Fed have looked at the same data on hidden debit card fees and emerged with opposing claims.
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Cheat Sheet: Understanding the Budget Standoff and Government Shutdown
We take a look at why the GOP and Obama administration are fighting over about $7 billion dollars—and what would happen if they don't strike a deal in the next two days.
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Southwest Airlines Incident Highlights Cracks in Federal Oversight
The five-foot tear in the roof of a Southwest 737 last week has brought renewed attention not only to the problem of aging planes, but also to problems in the oversight of the airline industry.
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Factchecking Banks' Dubious Claims on Interchange Fees
Are interchange fees rising? The banking industry has one answer, but the Fed has another. Here's why.
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As Mideast Lashes Out Against Corruption, Chamber of Commerce Lobbies to Weaken Anti-Corruption Law
Even as anger over governmental corruption has exploded into protests across the Middle East, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been working to weaken the U.S. law that bans companies from bribing foreign officials.
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Oil Companies That Gave 'Bonuses' to Libya Also Lobbied Against Disclosure Rules
Oil companies have lobbied against a provision in the financial reform bill that would expose payments to foreign governments such as the 'signing bonuses' given to Libya.
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