In partnership with MLK50, ProPublica investigates a nonprofit hospital system’s aggressive debt collection practices with poor patients: “Its own employees are no exception. Since 2014, Methodist has sued dozens of its workers for unpaid medical bills, including a hospital housekeeper sued in 2017 for more than $23,000. That year, she told the court, she made […]
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Posted inEditor's Pick
How America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Engineering Mystery
Jesse Barron goes to Huntsville, Alabama to tell a story of private equity, manufacturing, debt, and who ends up holding the bag.
Posted inNonfiction
Me and You
Two friends, Hurricane Katrina, a suicide, and the pain and beauty that holds us all together.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Crime, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Meet Michael Gillespie, the Ransomeware Superhero of Normal, Illinois
Michael Gillespie has automated a way to decrypt ransomeware, and he gives his code away for free just to help people in need.
Posted inHighlight, Quotes
You Can’t Escape Everything in the Ivory Tower
For her father, Jaclyn Gilbert is less a daughter than a debt.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction
The Living Nightmare of Homeownership
The manmade dream of owning a home wasn’t built on a solid foundation.
Posted inQuote Posts
The Crushing, Ever-Present Weight of Debt
“We were nothing to these companies but a number in a database. And they fully controlled our fates.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Feature, History, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
The Endgame of the Olympics
What if the Olympic Games never come back?
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Debt to Me
M.H. Miller shares his family’s story of financial collapse and explores the crippling effects of long-term debt.
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts
Editors Roundtable: Violence of Men, Money, and Space (Podcast)
Catherine Cusick, Kelly Stout, Ethan Chiel, and Aaron Gilbreath discuss stories by Wil S. Hylton, Josephine Livingstone, Jesse Barron, and Rivka Galchen.
