Zeeshan Aleem

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed new rules Thursday that represent the federal government's first attempt to regulate payday lending, an industry that provides quick and small loans to financially strapped individuals with interest…

In recent years, a number of major for-profit higher education chains have attracted a great deal of notoriety for scamming students and stranding them with mountains of debt. But for-profit higher education has been around for quite some time —…

During a speech in Indiana on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said he supported expanding Social Security benefits, a major change in position that speaks to the leftward drift of the Democratic Party. "It's time we finally made Social Security…

Will President Barack Obama be remembered as a "deporter in chief," or as a president who took a bold stand on behalf of undocumented immigrants? Much of the answer to that question hinges on a single Supreme Court ruling expected to arrive this…

A new report has found that renewable energy power capacity around the world grew more in 2015 than in any other year in global history. The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report, published Wednesday, determined that by the end of 2015, "renewable…

A former director of the CIA said Sunday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's rhetoric on Islam is providing a boost to the enlistment efforts of radical jihadist groups like the Islamic State group. Michael Hayden, who…

For progressive advocates, efforts to reform the criminal justice system in Washington these days leave much to be desired. Despite the fact that a bill that attempts to stem mass incarceration is probably the only major piece of legislation that…

Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has decided whom he wants to see win the White House in November: Donald Trump. Shkreli, you may remember, is a man who once hiked the price of a life-saving drug by 5000%, was arrested by the FBI for…

Bill Clinton is a double-edged sword as a campaign surrogate. On the one hand, he and his presidency are viewed so positively that his efforts on behalf of candidates often provide them with a positive boost. On the other hand, he has a way of…

Imagine one of your colleagues failed to deliver on one of the key responsibilities of his job, but at the end of the year received a far bigger raise than everyone else at the company. At major corporations around the United States, CEOs appear to…

Policymakers across the United States are scrutinizing prison sentencing practices and taking steps to counteract the way in which they've become too lengthy over the past few decades. But a new report from the Department of Justice finds that…

Sen. Bernie Sanders emailed his national fundraising list Tuesday calling for his followers to support eight candidates running for office in state legislatures across the nation. To a casual observer, the act of backing a handful of obscure…

In recent weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders has been demanding the Democratic Party establishment to "open its doors" to his campaign and its supporters. It appears the party is now making efforts to do just that. According to the Washington Post, Sanders…

Congratulations, Class of 2016! You're poised to embark upon new adventures and leave your unique footprint on the world — starting with the fact that you'll have more student debt than any other class in American history. Before this year, the…

Uncle Joe says everything's going to be OK. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden said he wasn't worried about the prospect of an unbridgeable divide in the Democratic Party between supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders and former…

A group of Bernie Sanders' supporters caused chaos on Saturday at the the Nevada Democratic convention in Las Vegas, reportedly throwing chairs, shouting insults and hurling threats after witnessing an unexpected change to allocation rules for…

The Obama administration on Wednesday will issue an update to a long-neglected Department of Labor regulation, which will extend overtime pay protections to more than 4 million Americans currently ineligible for them. The administration estimates…

Large swaths of the public are deeply discontent with Barack Obama's health care law, but the policy is steadily succeeding at achieving one of its foremost goals: expanding coverage. According to Vox's analysis of new data from the Centers for…

In 2000, Oregon introduced the nation's first vote-by-mail system, a unique arrangement for casting ballots that has encouraged voter participation across the state. This year, the Beaver State has implemented another unprecedented reform to its…