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.
No Systematic Screening for Most Cargo—But Experts Question Need For It
Friday’s close call revealed years-old weaknesses in the country’s system for screening cargo on incoming international flights and all-cargo planes operated by companies like UPS.
by Marian Wang,
Lawmaker Probes Payments to Doctors by Medical Device Companies
Pharma’s not the only industry paying doctors for speaking and consulting. According to disclosure forms from one medical device company, one doctor alone could take home compensation close to $2 million.
by Marian Wang,
Federal Inspectors Clueless About Cementing, Oil Spill Panel Finds
Halliburton's cement mixture may have contributed to BP's deadly blowout, but federal inspectors knew next to nothing about cementing, says the government's oil spill panel.
by Marian Wang,
Lawyer at Center of Robo-Signing Scandal Sees ‘More of the Same’ From Banks
Banks foreclosure fixes are “more of the same, cheap stuff,” according to the lawyer whose deposition of a robo-signer sparked the foreclosure scandal.
by Marian Wang,
U.S. Regulator Investigating Defective Drywall Demands China’s Cooperation
Frustrated by intransigent Chinese drywall manufacturers and government officials, the federal agency investigating the tainted drywall that’s believed to be contaminating thousands of American homes met with Chinese officials this week to urge them to cooperate.
by Marian Wang,
Q&A: Leaked War Logs Raise Questions of Accountability for Military Contractors
An expert on private military contractors weighs in on WikiLeaks’ Iraq war logs, State Department secrecy and more.
by Marian Wang,
Read: The Depositions That Sparked the Foreclosure Scandal
In depositions both old and new, employees at servicers, foreclosure-mill law firms, and other players describe how they processed foreclosures. Read it in their words.
by Marian Wang,
Payments to Doctors by Most Pharma Companies Still Remain Secret
Consumers concerned about drug company payments to their doctors will have to wait until 2013 for physician payment data from all pharmaceutical companies to be made publicly available.
by Marian Wang,
Doctors on Pharma Payroll: What Our Partners Found
While it’s not illegal for doctors to promote prescription drugs and accept payments from drug companies, such arrangements do raise ethical questions that some institutions have found concerning enough to try to limit.
by Marian Wang,
Who’s Who in the Foreclosure Scandal: A Primer on the Players
When it comes to untangling our mortgage foreclosure mess, the complexity of the process is part of the problem. Here's a primer on the players involved.
by Marian Wang,