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Collectively, Americans are in debt $1.7 trillion. Today, we begin a multi-part series about our relationship with debt. We'll hear about one couple who got in way over their heads with credit cards, and we'll meet a small-town debt collector.

Credit card companies and other lenders have spent millions of dollars in recent years lobbying for changes in the nation's bankruptcy laws. Today, the bill that would strengthen creditors ability to collect is expected to pass a crucial test in the Senate on its way to becoming law. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

NPR's Nancy Marshall reports on a scam that many consumers who shop over the phone are discovering: buying clubs. The services add you to their membership list, and then add their membership fee to your credit card bill without the customer's consent.

to launching an affinity credit card to help pay a $20-million deficit on an exhibition marking its 150th anniversary..

known as "cause-related advertising." Like Nike, many apparel and shoe companies...and credit card issuers...have allied themselves with positive ideals -- like racial tolerance or women in sports -- in the hope of bringing in new business by doing good.

Oklahomans are apparently the “bigger spenders” among the states in the HPPR region. That distinction is based on analysis by economists for the website…

Jamaal Allan is a high school teacher in Des Moines, Iowa. People make assumptions based on his name alone, and that's taken him on a lifelong odyssey of racial encounters.

Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival.

The president wants to expand the federal child tax credit for lower-income households. "In one fell swoop, it'll essentially lower the child poverty rate by more than 40%," says analyst Chuck Marr.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon, who just edited a new collection of poetry about the natural world called "You Are Here," answers a question on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin.