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$FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2013 file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The CFPB on Thursday, June 25, 2015 is releasing the first batch of its highly awaited database of consumer complaints filed against local banks, credit card and mortgage companies. The 7,700 public narratives, collected starting in March 2015, are only a fraction of the 627,000 complaints the bureau has fielded since its inauguration in 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)$

The feds use their new muscle: Consumer protection agency fines Wells Fargo for massive fraud

Simon Maloy

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working to change banking culture through fines and public shaming

09/09/2016 18:05 EDT

Scott Walker; Rick Perry (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Reed Saxon/photo montage by Salon)

The right’s war on college: “Starving the Beast” exposes the fight to destroy America’s great public universities

Andrew O'Hehir

Why does college cost so much? Because the far right is trying to undermine or privatize state universities

09/09/2016 15:24 EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, a pedestrian walks by a Wells Fargo bank branch in Los Angeles. (AP)

Wells Fargo fined $100 million by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for illegally opening unauthorized accounts

Scott Eric Kaufman

Over 5,300 employees used the fake accounts to meet sales targets and reach compensation incentives

09/09/2016 13:42 EDT

There’s nothing shameful about sex work: Why can’t Logo’s “Prince Charming” be a gay escort?

Nico Lang

Escorting is a choice for some and survival for others. This "scandal" hurts gay men who aren't reality TV stars

09/08/2016 19:47 EDT

How white racism and a complicit media are keeping Trump close in the polls — and why it won’t be enough

Chauncey DeVega

Trump's candidacy is an ugly joke — but insidious racism and media idiocy have kept him within striking distance

09/08/2016 19:30 EDT

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Yeezy Season 4 fashion show, September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Getty/Jamie McCarthy)

The ego has landed: Oh, Yeezus — Kanye West’s latest fashion show was a fail

Lauren Indvik

No wonder Kanye West's "Famous" video has so much nudity: His clothing line is underwhelming — yet still a must-see

09/08/2016 11:31 EDT

Mission impossible: What the U.S. military doesn’t know (and neither do you)

Nick Turse

Keeping track of U.S. Special Ops in Africa

09/08/2016 09:00 EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady faces reporters before a scheduled NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass. On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, a federal appeals court has rejected Tom Brady's attempt to get a new hearing on his suspension. Brady was asking for the full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case. In April, a three-judge panel said that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was within his powers when he suspended the star quarterback four games for his role in a scheme to doctor the footballs used in a Jan. 18, 2015, playoff game. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Similarities between Hillary Clinton, Tom Brady: The media’s presumption of guilt

Neal Gabler

Journalists' dim view of everything from politicians to human nature seems to taint every story

09/08/2016 08:59 EDT