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.
NYT: We 'Should Have Included' Source's Industry Ties in Our Gulf Oil Spill Story
In an editor's note, The New York Times has clarified the connections that a group called the Gulf of Mexico Foundation has to the oil industry. In its original reporting, the Times had identified the foundation simply as a conservation group.
by Marian Wang,
Nonprofit Conservation Group Has Ties to Oil Interests, Gulf Oil Spill
An article in The New York Times about the scope of the BP oil disaster quoted the executive director of the nonprofit Gulf of Mexico Foundation. It did not mention that the group has some close connections to the oil industry.
by Marian Wang,
Oil Companies Pay a Pittance in Penalties to Offshore Drilling Regulator
The Minerals Management Service, which regulates offshore drilling, issues penalties for safety violations. But the fines in recent years have been dwarfed by the profits made by oil companies.
by Marian Wang,
Report Finds Lamborghini-Driving "Small Business" Owners Defrauding Government Program
The Small Business Administration's 8(a) program is intended for companies whose owners are socially and economically disadvantaged. But a GAO report says the program is helping some owners who don't need it.
by Marian Wang,
Did Former Bank Execs Lie to Congress?
Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld may have understated his earnings while testifying before Congress, some reports say, and a former Goldman executive may have been disingenuous in his testimony.
by Marian Wang,
Gulf Oil Spill Puts Spotlight on Regulator With Mixed Record
The Minerals Management Service, which oversees oil rigs, has had ethical and other problems. It is the agency that decided against requiring an oil-drilling safeguard that is used in some other countries.
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Banks Pressured Credit Agencies, Then Blamed Them
Big financial firms are among those pointing fingers at the credit rating agencies for their role in the economic meltdown. But internal e-mail suggests that those same firms pressured the credit agencies to give good ratings.
by Marian Wang,
Read the Pentagon's New Rules for Military Trials
The Department of Defense has released its Manual for Military Commissions, 281 pages that detail the latest rules and procedures for military trials at Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica provides access to the manual.
by Marian Wang,
Republicans Getting More Campaign Cash From Wall Street
The Republicans' resistance to financial reform is risky in an election year. Whatever the reason, it comes as big financial firms are shifting more of their political contributions toward the GOP.
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