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Usury in the Water

6 months 1 week ago
There’s never been a better time to be a loan shark for small businesses.
Maureen Tkacik

Trump’s Steel Deal

6 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: The sudden announcement allowing Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel is all rhetoric and no enforceable commitments.
Robert Kuttner

Sunburnt

6 months 1 week ago
How door-to-door solar salespeople can scam homeowners, and what the government could do to stop it.
Emma Janssen

Beating the Press

6 months 1 week ago
In a time of eroding journalistic freedoms, a new book chronicles the deliberate effort to use libel law to bankrupt the independent media we have left.
Zephyr Teachout

Borrowers Besieged

6 months 1 week ago
Student debtors are under attack on all sides. Government contractors make their life miserable, and financial predators are poised to capitalize.
David Dayen