Her ex racked up $7,000 of credit card debt, crumbling her finances. Now, a new law could require abusers to pay.

Four years into her second marriage, she didn’t ask questions when her husband asked her to sign on to a credit card in her name. But then the relationship turned abusive, she said. When she left her marriage, she found herself in financial distress, with her credit score tanking hundreds of points after her former … Read more

Among Democrats, support for Israel is crumbling – with major implications

Abdul El-Sayed is midway through his stump speech, telling a crowd of about 100 in a brick-lined event hall that he won’t take corporate donations and will raise taxes on billionaires. The Democratic candidate then turns to where those tax dollars should – and should not – be spent. Taxpayer money should not go to … Read more