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Will Using Artificial Intelligence To Make Loans Trade One Kind Of Bias For Another?

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All Tech Considered

Will Using Artificial Intelligence To Make Loans Trade One Kind Of Bias For Another?

WSHU

The next loan you get may depend less on your credit score and more on what a program thinks of your habits. Digital lenders say the process will be more fair, but others worry about unintended bias.

Will Using Artificial Intelligence To Make Loans Trade One Kind Of Bias For Another?

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Monday

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable
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Education

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable

Fresh Air

Tressie McMillan Cottom worked in enrollment at two for-profit colleges, but quit because she felt uncomfortable selling students an education they couldn't afford. Her new book is Lower Ed.

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable

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Friday

Letting States Decide Health Coverage Could Make It Harder To Buy

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, says the latest version of the GOP bill would let states decide on required benefits. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Letting States Decide Health Coverage Could Make It Harder To Buy

KFF Health News

House Republicans altered their health care bill to let states decide what coverage is required. That would make it harder to buy coverage for childbirth or chronic illness, analysts say.

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New 'Basic Economy' Airfares May Not Be As Cheap As You Think

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New 'Basic Economy' Airfares May Not Be As Cheap As You Think

All three of the biggest U.S. airlines now offer no-frills, discounted fares called "basic economy." Now there's evidence that it's not any cheaper, but is a way to raise standard economy fares.

New 'Basic Economy' Airfares May Not Be As Cheap As You Think

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Sunday

How Millennials Win And Lose Under The GOP Health Bill

Luke Franco, 26, works three jobs and doesn't know whether he qualifies for Medicaid or a subsidy to buy coverage on the exchange set up under the Affordable Care Act. Kristin Gourlay/RINPR hide caption

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How Millennials Win And Lose Under The GOP Health Bill

The Public's Radio

The Affordable Care Act covers 8 million millennials through Medicaid expansion, insurance exchanges, and the ability to stay on a parent's plan until age 26. The GOP health bill limits some options.

How Millennials Win And Lose Under The GOP Health Bill

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Friday

Trump Administration Files Motion Aimed At Controlling Consumer Protection Agency

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies before a Senate committee last year. The Trump administration is trying to bring the independent bureau under the president's direct control. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Trump Administration Files Motion Aimed At Controlling Consumer Protection Agency

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the executive branch, but the president doesn't control it, which he says is unconstitutional. Agency supporters say independence is its strength.

Planet Money

How The Tooth Fairy Helps Explain The Rising Cost Of Parenting

How much is a tooth worth to the tooth fairy and has that price changed over time? This is a silly question of course, but the answer is serious. It gives us a way to understand how the costs of parenting have changed over time.

How The Tooth Fairy Helps Explain The Rising Cost Of Parenting

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Thursday

Business

What Do Rising Interest Rates Mean For Average Americans?

The Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates affects every day Americans. Their payments on home equity lines of credit will be going up, and mortgage rates will be rising.

What Do Rising Interest Rates Mean For Average Americans?

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Wednesday

In 2005, Trump Was Hit With A Tax That He Now Wants To Abolish

President Trump listens during a meeting on health care at the White House on Monday. Trump's 2005 tax returns, which were revealed Tuesday, suggest he paid about $38 million in federal taxes that year. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

In 2005, Trump Was Hit With A Tax That He Now Wants To Abolish

The alternative minimum tax was passed to target the ultrawealthy, but today it is more likely to affect the upper middle class.

Applying For College Aid Just Got Harder
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NPR Ed

Applying For College Aid Just Got Harder

The IRS Data Retrieval Tool has been temporarily disabled for security concerns. Without it, many at-risk students will have a harder time finishing their paperwork.

Applying For College Aid Just Got Harder

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Tuesday

How Many Would Lose Health Coverage? It Depends On How You Define 'Insurance'

According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act would lead to 24 million people losing insurance. But that could depend on how you define "insurance." Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption

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Shots - Health News

How Many Would Lose Health Coverage? It Depends On How You Define 'Insurance'

The Congressional Budget Office says millions of people would lose coverage under the proposed House bill. But the CBO's definition of insurance is more generous than what Republicans want.

Sunday

Thursday

Engineers Say Tax Increase Needed To Save Failing U.S. Infrastructure

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National

Engineers Say Tax Increase Needed To Save Failing U.S. Infrastructure

Our roads, bridges, dams, transit systems and airports are in pretty poor shape. The nation's civil engineers are calling for a significant increase in the gas tax to pay for the needed upgrades.

Engineers Say Tax Increase Needed To Save Failing U.S. Infrastructure

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