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Credit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons.

Michael Stokes Paulsen and I have a new draft article: The Sweep and Force of Section Three, that is forthcoming...

Cascade Behavioral Health’s parent company closed the 137-bed facility last month. Now the state hopes the acquisition will expand treatment options.

Already facing a $100M deficit, the Pullman-based sports program is now searching for a new conference to keep TV revenue rolling in.

Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment bans anyone from holding any federal office who has taken an oath to uphold...

Critics of anti-money laundering (AML) often point to the fact that just a tiny fraction of 1% of criminal proceeds are seized every year, t...

Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office.

WEI? I’m a frayed knotTwo pieces of string walk into a bar.The first piece of string asks for a drink.The bartender says, “Get lost. We don’t serve pieces of string.”The second string ties a knot in his middle and messes up his ends. Then he orders a drink. The bartender says, “Hey, you aren’t a...

Today on TAP: The gulf between urban, suburban, and rural counties in Tuesday’s vote was, well, total.

Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.

New research challenges idea that people have continuously lived in region since first arriving

The small annoyances of flying add up to a really big user experience problem.

According to a study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, they may understand one another on a level you do not.

The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

Librarian secrets to getting into books for the very first time.

Pulling back the curtain on the evolution of ebooks offers some clarity to how the shift to digital left ownership behind in the analog world.

Now, farmers are reportedly putting the land of the deserted development to use

The State Guest Mansions were envisioned as the palatial homes for the upper crust of society: Now, their only residents are herds of cattle. [...] Local farmers have begun plowing the land between villas for future crops. Would-be garages of the abandoned mansions are now repurposed as storage for hay bails, and modest two-rail fences corral herds of cows between properties.

By choosing to share a credit card skimmer detector with other retailers, Target proves that corporate altruism isn’t totally dead.

Seaweed farms are exploding in popularity. Cultivators say regulations are needed to protect marine life.

Can plastics be circular? At a recent conference, companies' answer was a resounding yes.

A short history of how capitalists came to rule the world.

A short history of the end of history.

Remember when conspiracy theories were fun (and usually harmless) entertainment for those of us who appreciated kook culture and the fringes of thought and reason? Sadly, those days are over. Now, …

Internet cafes went from a “sunset industry” to a “dead stagnant pool.”