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In the final part of our series on debt, we'll have a report from NPR's Chris Arnold about the growing number of businesses checking job applicants' credit reports. NPR's Lynn Neary with talk with Professor Robert Manning, author of Credit Card Nation, about the future of debt in America. And we'll hear from commentator Gerry Willis. She has a few optimistic thoughts about debt.

Michele Norris talks with Lynn Turner, former chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, about the accounting industry in a post- Sarbanes Oxley and Arthur Andersen accounting fraud world. Turner is currently the managing director of research at Glass, Lewis & Co, a financial research firm.

They're the latest to eliminate all late fees. All library card holders have had their accounts cleared of any prior late fees or fines.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Ron Lieber, financial columnist for The New York Times, about the ins and outs of the newly created Trump Accounts.

For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Texas business owner Tiffany Williams, she's a co-owner of the Luggage Shop of Lubbock, about the impact of the Biden administration's trade strategy with China.

"Magic: The Gathering" invented the trading card game model nearly 30 years ago. But a recent decision to sell a collectible product for a whopping $1,000 has fans up in arms.

A report by an independent law firm and a bankruptcy court review by former U.S. attorney general Richard Thornburgh tie ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, other executives and auditors to the firm's accounting scandal and a stock collapse that cost investors an estimated $180 billion. Hear NPR's Jack Speer.

William Webster steps down as head of a new accounting oversight board created to regulate the troubled auditing industry. His appointment was mired in controversy after reports that SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt failed to inform commissioners that Webster once served on the board of a company accused of fraud. Pitt has also resigned. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

President Obama marked his first 100 days in office earlier this week and enjoys a very high approval rating. But author and media commentator Tavis Smiley tells how black America should hold the president accountable.