supreme court Clarence Thomas borrowed $267,230 from rich friend to buy a luxury motorcoach, then stopped making payments Mark Frauenfelder

Business Private credit default rate hits 9.2%, worst on record Ellsworth Toohey

politics Conservative media goes after Jon Stewart Ruben Bolling

politics Trump's least intellectually gifted son lies about his father's corrupt business practices Mark Frauenfelder

finance Consumer debt is "basically optional," but debt collectors rely on you not knowing that Thom Dunn

champion prevaricators Herschel Walker delights his lie-loving fans by lying about working in law enforcement Mark Frauenfelder

tech The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model Séamus Bellamy

debt celing Can Biden issue a trillion-dollar platinum coin to instantly lift the debt ceiling? Mark Frauenfelder

usps The USPS is testing out becoming a bank, and it's about damn time. Thom Dunn

law The weirdest "Writer Beware" alert of all time Rob Beschizza

Business US economic activity is slowing as virus surges, Fed reports Xeni Jardin

economics A layperson-friendly introduction to MMT, a heterodox school of economics that could finance a Green New Deal Cory Doctorow

education 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

Business The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow

usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow

Business China's "pawn shops" have loaned $43B, mostly secured by real-estate Cory Doctorow

transparency How the payday loan industry laundered policy by paying academics to write papers that supported its positions Cory Doctorow

trumpism Predatory lender found to have swindled veterans' pensions for eight years, so Trump's CFPB fined him $1 Cory Doctorow

Business Inside the funny accounting that lets the money-losing fracking industry claim to be profitable Cory Doctorow