politics Trump's least intellectually gifted son lies about his father's corrupt business practices Mark Frauenfelder
broken-down bigshots Rudy Giuliani asks for money on Charlie Kirk, but doesn't know where people should send it (video) Carla Sinclair
finance Consumer debt is "basically optional," but debt collectors rely on you not knowing that Thom Dunn
donald trump Minnesota's GOP grapples with paying off huge debt — with only $53 in the bank Mark Frauenfelder
christian nationalists in congress Marjorie Taylor Greene says her vote to throw U.S. into catastrophic recession was "biblical" (video) Carla Sinclair
economics "Your debt is someone else's asset", a short film from The Intercept, Mollie Crabapple and co., and Astra Taylor Elías Villoro
twitter With its huge new debt burden, Twitter makes less money per year than what it owes its lenders in interest Mark Frauenfelder
debt Expected family contributions for college loans might be going away, thanks to COVID-19 Thom Dunn
graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow
health Med-tech company repossess veteran's artificial legs because the VA won't cover them Cory Doctorow
scholarship Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow
debt High prices and debt mean millennials don't plan to stop renting, and that's before their parents retire and become dependent on them Cory Doctorow
books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow
health In Kansas's poor, sick places, hospitals and debt collectors send the ailing to debtor's prison Cory Doctorow
class war Even if you pay off your student loan, be prepared to spend decades trying to get bottom-feeding debt-buyers to acknowledge it Cory Doctorow
