The government shutdown
reminded us how many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, highlighting the
urgency need to protect people from predatory lending. Instead, the Trump
administration has proposed to gut a powerful Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau rule designed to protect borrowers from payday lenders. Writing fellow
at The American Prospect Kalena Thomhave joins me on the show
today to talk all about it.
Since we last spoke
with John Nichols of The Nation a lot has happened—scandals
plague the top rungs of Virginia state government, the Democrats introduced the
Green New Deal on Capitol Hill, and negotiations to prevent a government
shutdown continue as the Friday deadline approaches. John returns to the show today to talk all
about these issues and whole lot more, John is The Nation’s national-affairs correspondent, a contributing writer
for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor
of The Capital Times, the daily
newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.
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