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Payday loan becomes monthly ordeal
Jan 9, 2012
Commentator Mark Laws found himself on a "rat wheel" trying to pay off a loan to attend his mother's funeral.
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What Now: The crime economy
Jan 6, 2012
Reforming our prison system may, in fact, help the country grow -- economically.
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What Now: The junk food diet
Jan 5, 2012
Millions of Americans make resolutions to change the way they eat. But, can we change the way food is marketed to us?
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The future of the Arab Spring in 2012
Jan 4, 2012
Last year, revolutions led to political changes in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. So what's next for the Middle East in 2012?
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How will the Supreme Court tackle health care?
Jan 3, 2012
It stands to be one of the biggest Supreme Court cases in the last decade: The argument over the constitutionality of the health care law. The final decision won't be easy to predict.
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Out of work, but not out of options
Dec 30, 2011
Commentator Cecilia Marquez describes the experience of taking a risk to get a paycheck.
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2012: The year in review (that's not a typo)
Dec 29, 2011
Commentator Kristina Wong gives her summary of the year that was... 2012, a few months early.
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2012's defining political issue
Dec 28, 2011
Bye-bye 2011. So what will we be talking about in 2012? Here's a hint: The federal government.
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The disappearing book
Dec 27, 2011
You'll see a lot of top ten lists this week, including one for books. But are those page turners about to vanish?
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Help, my parents are my roommates
Dec 23, 2011
We've heard of adult children moving back in with their parents. What happens when your parents move in with you?
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