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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.

As Somalia Starves, U.S. Softens Terrorism Rules That Restricted Aid

As Debt Limit Deadline Draws Closer, We (Sadly) Explain What ‘Default’ Could Mean

Whatever Happened to the War Powers Act Controversy?

Last month's biggest controversy was never resolved—it was tabled as lawmakers moved on to the next big fight.

Could James Murdoch Be Punished If He Lied Before Parliament?

If Rupert Murdoch's son is found to have misled Parliament, punishment is possible in theory, but uncommon in practice.

Facing Bribery Inquiry, News Corp. Lawyers Up With Former Federal Prosecutors

Report Finds 'Relatively Little' in Aid to Pakistan Is Contingent on Cooperation

In An Unusual Criminal Case, the U.S. Points the Finger at Pakistan's Top Spy Agency Again

In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, the FBI accused two men of funneling millions of dollars from the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, or ISI, into political campaign donations and other activities meant to influence American policy on Kashmir.

Memo Offers Glimpse of a House Ethics Panel Rocked by Its Own Ethics Troubles

Officials Warn That Foreclosure Probes May Prove Inadequate

Judge Says Feds Have 'Misled the Public' on Controversial Immigration Program