• Loans on the line

    In Missouri, there’s an effort to put an initiative on the ballot this November that would cap payday loan interest rates. But will capping rates mean no credit at all for some Missourians? Stacey Tisdale reports.
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    Poll: Payday loans

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  Watch this week's episode
Need to Know’s Stacey Tisdale travels to Missouri, where activists are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would cap payday loan rates at 36 per cent. Jeff Greenfield hosts.
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Economy

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  The high cost of poverty
Journalist Gary Rivlin talks to Jeff Greenfield about the need for affordable, non-predatory credit in poor communities.
America’s poverty tax
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Poll: Payday loans
Should payday loans be banned? Vote in our poll.
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Economy

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  American Voices: Cy Richardson
The National Urban League's Cy Richardson on how to put money into the hands of those who have historically been shut out.
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Five Things

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Payday lending
Do payday loans take advantage of the poor? Or do they extend loans to consumers with no other access to credit? Read our primer.
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Security

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  The drone next door
What has mainly been an aerial asset for the U.S. military in countries like Afghanistan or Pakistan is now being used increasingly on the home front – raising some serious legal questions about how to best balance citizens’ rights with law-enforcement goals.
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Opinion

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Secure at sea
The Law of Sea treaty will enable the U.S. to assert global leadership and navigate an increasingly complex international security environment without relying on its military, writes Joshua Foust.
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Need to know today

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  Obama embraces marriage equality
NTK's Zachary Green talks to The Nation's Richard Kim about President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage. Plus, Dan Savage's candid take on the president's "evolution."
  American Voices: Dan Savage
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