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.
For Years, Drug Company Paid Top Athletes to Attract Doctors
One drug company, Novartis, paid millions for top athletes and coaches to make appearances at its events, in an effort to boost doctor attendance.
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BP Probation Officer Asks Judge to Revoke Probation, Citing ‘Criminal Negligence’
In a court filing, a federal probation officer said that BP acted negligently in the run-up to a 2009 spill—violating the terms of its probation for a spill in 2006.
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At Hearing, Lawmakers Ask Experts for Foreclosure Crisis Solutions
A state attorney general, a legal services attorney and a law professor shared with lawmakers possible solutions for easing the foreclosure crisis.
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Gov’t Watchdog Says Treasury’s Dismissal of Foreclosure Scandal Is ‘Premature'
The Congressional Oversight Panel, in a new report, warned against downplaying the effect that banks' documentation problems could have on the financial system.
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Read Gov't Report Showing 1 in 7 Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Harmed by Care
A new government report calls attention to the rate of unexpected events in hospitals that result in harm to Medicare beneficiaries.
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Ahead of Congressional Hearings, Robo-Signer Scrutiny Spreads
In videotaped depositions taken this month, robo-signers at a firm processing mortgage assignments testified that sometimes their signatures were added electronically to documents they’d never seen.
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Rep. Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Trial—But You Can Still Watch it
Rep. Charles Rangel walked out of his ethics trial on Monday, complaining that the House Ethics Committee has treated him unfairly.
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Goldman, JPMorgan Lobbyists Top List of Most Visits to Regulators on FinReg
In the months since the Dodd-Frank reform bill passed, hundreds of banks, hedge funds, and other interested parties have lobbied regulators to sway their interpretation and enforcement of the new rules.
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Transocean Engineer Snubs Federal Agency Investigating Gulf Disaster
As agencies try to investigate the fatal Gulf accident, Transocean has complained about the delay and a company engineer has refused to comply with one agency's subpoena.
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Banks Face New Rules on Foreclosures from Skeptical State Judges
Banks, claiming they've improved their foreclosure processes, have been refiling their cases in court. But in a few states, judges have been skeptical.
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