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.
The BP Oil Spill Saga: Where Things Stand Now
More than eight months after the start of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, we assess where things stand now with accountability and look back at how the disaster has changed the Gulf and shifted the nation’s regulatory regime.
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Where Things Stand: Foreclosure Paperwork Scandal
In a scandal that's ballooned in scope since the initial discovery of robo-signers, we review the status of investigations into foreclosure fraud, how courts are handling the mess and what solutions are on the horizon.
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Jurors in Glover Trial Tell of Decision to Convict Three New Orleans Cops
Two weeks after they handed down the first convictions in a Hurricane Katrina-era police misconduct trial, four jurors tell of their deliberations and doubts.
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States Scramble to Repay Feds for Unemployment Insurance Loans—Plus Interest
Starting in 2011, states that have borrowed from the federal government to pay out unemployment benefits may find themselves deeper in debt when the feds begin collecting interest.
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New House Chairmen to Scrutinize Fed, Roll Back FinReg, Call on EPA to ‘Stand Down’
Come January, new GOP leaders will chair important House committees. Some have promised to repeal "job killing provisions," questioned the "activist Fed," and expressed skepticism about the causes of climate change.
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Cheat Sheet: Where the Fed’s Trillions Went
Since the Fed released data on more than 20,000 loan transactions it made during the financial crisis, many divergent stories have come out about what the data shows. Here’s our rundown.
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EPA Says Gas Drilling in Texas Contaminated Water and Presents ‘Threat of Explosion’
The agency issued an emergency order this week giving a Texas drilling company 48 hours to provide drinking water to affected residents.
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Major Foreclosure Contractor Underplayed the Extent of Document Flaws
A report by Reuters sheds light into the convoluted system set up by Lender Processing Services, a mortgage and foreclosure contractor that processes about half of all U.S. mortgage loans.
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Oil Spill Investigators Say Access to Data Is Being Blocked
Efforts to recreate the data displays seen by workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon have been blocked because one company hasn't been cooperating, according to investigators.
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Report Details Drug Company’s Close Ties With Disgraced Doctor
After a Baltimore hospital barred a cardiologist for allegedly performing unnecessary implants of heart stents, Abbott Laboratories—which manufactures some stents—hired him to do consulting and market products overseas, according to a report released today.
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