The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found that over 19 million U.S. households resort to payday loans. Of that number, almost 70% of borrowers have to take out a second loan to cover the first, and 20% end up saddled with 10 or more loans, one after the other. Karl Frisch, the Executive Director of Allied Progress, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss the predatory nature of the payday lending...
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Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder is joined by Heather ‘Digby’ Parton to discuss how the rest of the world views the U.S. under the presidency of Donald Trump. Read Digby’s full article here: At last the world is united — in hating and fearing one man (who only cares about...
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Tension between the U.S. and Russia continues to build over Syria as Hollywood like stories of Russian Fighters buzzing American Air Force Planes make headlines in the mainstream media. Professor Juan Cole, from the University of Michigan joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to talk about what is going on in the Middle-East and help analyze what Putin’s end game in Syria might...
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Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder is joined by Heather ‘Digby’ Parton to discuss the special elections that took place this past week, and where the democrats lacked in their campaign...
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Senate Republicans are trying their best to hide the details in a new healthcare plan that President Trump has already deemed, “too mean.” The plan is nothing more than a way to secure tax cuts for the wealthy for a generation to come. Former director for The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Andy Slavitt, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to explain what the Republican version of healthcare looks...
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