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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.

FAQ: Key Questions on Libya’s Coming Transition

We're laying out important questions about what's happening in Libya, and we want you to play a part.

Pentagon Report Flags Latest in Long History of Flawed Body-Armor Testing

Despite $65 Billion Investment, World’s Most Costly Jet Still Grounded

Funding for buying new F-22s has already been cut off, but problems with the jets are keeping them on the sidelines.

Read the Embarrassing Hacking Allegations That News Corp. Redacted

New documents published today cast doubt on News Corporation's claims that top executives and editors at the now-defunct News of the World were unaware of widespread phone hacking at the paper.

U.S. Moves to Add Conditions to Pakistan Aid, But Will It Follow Through?

As Side Effect of Fiscal Constraints, Dangerous Docs Go Undisciplined in California

What’s a ‘Significant Error’? Standard & Poor’s Says Leave It To Us

What Does the S&P Downgrade Mean, If France Is Rated Higher Than the U.S.?

The decision by credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the United States raises important questions about the reliability of credit ratings and the firms that bestow them.

While on Summer Recess, Congress Blocks Recess Appointments

Even though hordes of lawmakers have left D.C., neither chamber of Congress officially adjourned.

FAQ: Why Congress Flew Home While Airport Inspectors Work Without Pay

Largely overshadowed by the debt debate, congressional deadlock has forced parts of the Federal Aviation Administration to shut down—halting construction, furloughing workers and costing millions.