The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers In A World Of Hurt

World Finance, a billion-dollar company, peddles installment loans, a product that often drives borrowers into a similar quagmire of debt.

Paul Kiel
By Paul Kiel

One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn't be. She'd been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn't there? It was all she had. And without gas, she couldn't get to work. She tried not to panic, but

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Bangladesh Government Announces Plan To Reform Workers’ Rights

The news comes following the collapse of a factory building near Dhaka, which killed more than 1,100 garment workers.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

On Monday the government of Bangladesh announced it had agreed to allow the country’s garment workers to form trade unions without first getting permission from factory owners. The announcement came after an eight-story garment factory building -- which housed five different garment factories -- collapsed on April 24, killing more than 1,100

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UPDATE: IRS Office Allegedly Targeting Tea Party Released Unapproved Docs To Journalists

It’s unclear whether the release, which consisted of confidential applications of conservative groups, was accidental.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

Tuesday, May 14 update from ProPublica: The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year. The IRS did not respond to requests Monday following up about that

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Gitmo Prisoner: Obama Has ‘Abandoned’ Detainees

A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. “I believe that President Obama must be unaware of the unbelievably inhumane conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison, for otherwise he would surely do something to stop this torture,” Yemeni prisoner […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. "I believe that President Obama must be unaware of the unbelievably inhumane conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison, for otherwise he would surely do something to stop this torture," Yemeni prisoner Musa'ab Omar

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Post-Sandy Hook: Bulletproof Whiteboards Used By Schools For Protection

The products are a godsend for some, yet others are targeting the company for profiting off tragedy.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

In 2003, a 17-year-old student in a rural Minnesota community walked into his high school armed with a .22 caliber pistol and hunted down two of his classmates, killing one with a shot to the head and another with a shot to the chest. Ten years after the carnage caused by Jason McLaughlin, who has since been sentenced to life in prison, the

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Congress Takes Up Issue Of “Unlocking” Cell Phones With Four Competing Bills

On Jan. 26, a decree from the Librarian of Congress went into effect, making it illegal for users to change the way their cell phones work. During an once-every-three-years review of digital copyright laws, the librarian ruled that “unlocking” is, indeed, a copyright violation. “Unlocking” permits phone owners to switch between carriers that use the […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

On Jan. 26, a decree from the Librarian of Congress went into effect, making it illegal for users to change the way their cell phones work. During an once-every-three-years review of digital copyright laws, the librarian ruled that “unlocking” is, indeed, a copyright violation. “Unlocking” permits phone owners to switch between carriers that use

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