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.
Homeland Security's Heightened Political Sensitivity Meant Delayed Record Requests
A now-abandoned policy of the Homeland Security Department required that politically sensitive FOIA requests get special scrutiny. The Associated Press reports that the practice caused delays and confusion.
by Marian Wang,
Gov't Testing Finds Air in Gulf Like L.A. on a Bad Day
Particulate pollution from the BP oil spill may be making the air unhealthy for some people in the Gulf region. An environmental group says the EPA's monitoring of air quality in the area is not sufficient.
by Marian Wang,
The Transocean Testimony You Didn’t Hear Today
Sickness, time constraints and Fifth Amendment rights--just a few of the reasons BP and Transocean workers have declined to testify at this week's hearings.
by Marian Wang,
Worker: BP Didn't Stop Drilling After Leaks on Blowout Preventer
Weeks before the Gulf oil disaster, leaks on the blowout preventer should have halted drilling. But neither BP nor MMS responded to a worker's report on the problem.
by Marian Wang,
BP Attorney: Rig Had 390 Overdue Maintenance Items
Testimony from this week's Marine Board hearings sheds light on maintenance lapses aboard the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig. BP appears to be trying to push responsibility onto Transocean, the rig's owner.
by Marian Wang,
BP's Broken Well Is Still Releasing Oil, but From Where?
Continued oil seepage from BP's capped well in the Gulf of Mexico could mean complications for the final fix.
by Marian Wang,
BP Lags in Reimbursing Local Governments for Cleanup
Counties along the Gulf Coast have been frustrated in their efforts to have BP cover their expenses from the oil spill. Even money that BP has given to the states has been slow to trickle down.
by Marian Wang,
Goldman's SEC Settlement by the Numbers: We Do the Math
How much does the "largest-ever penalty paid by a Wall Street firm" really affect a financial behemoth like Goldman Sachs?
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