LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. Winner 2013 Webby Awards for Best Political Website
May 19, 2013

 Choose a size
Text Size

Trending:     chris hedges     economy     elizabeth warren     politics     robert scheer
Most Read

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’

'The Daily Show': Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

'Left, Right & Center': The White House Scandal Trifecta

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports
Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’
How the IRS’ Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture
Act of Congress
Daily Rituals
The Girls of Atomic City

Digs

Truthdig Bazaar
Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict  Vol. II

Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict Vol. II

Edited by Cynthia E. Cohen, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea and Polly O. Walker
$21.95

more items

 
Tags

Tag: Private Loans


Poster Boy NYC (CC BY 2.0)

Subprime Student Lending

Banks gave money to needy college students without considering whether borrowers could repay, then bundled and resold the loans to avoid losing money when students defaulted—lending practices that mirror the run-up to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Posted on Jul 21, 2012 READ MORE


View the most popular tags overall?

Newsletter

sign up to get updates


 
 
 
 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
© 2013 Truthdig, LLC. All rights reserved.