Byard Duncan

Oakland

Engagement Reporter at ProPublica

Engagement reporter at @ProPublica, covering consumer protection issues. Previous: @reveal. [email protected]. DM for Signal.

Featured in: Favicon

propublica.org Favicon

medium.com Favicon

huffpost.com Favicon

buzzfeed.com Favicon

vice.com (+1) Favicon

digg.com

flipboard.com Favicon

salon.com

atlasobscura.com Favicon

esquire.com + 94 more

Articles

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

1 week ago | propublica.org | Byard Duncan |Ryan Gabrielson |Lucas Waldron |Adam Friedman

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Tennessee Lookout. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. We are continuing to report on flex loans. Have you been sued by Advance Financial, Harpeth Financial or another flex loan lender? To share your experience, call or text reporter Adam Friedman at 615-249-8509.
Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law

1 month ago | propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Joel Jacobs |Byard Duncan |Corey Johnson

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. This year, the head of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed.
Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. %

1 month ago | orlandoadvocate.com | Jake Pearson |Joel Jacobs |Byard Duncan

If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In recent years, millions of Americans have filed complaints with the agency. Sometimes they did so after a long, unsuccessful back-and-forth with customer service representatives. In other cases, a friend, family member or advocate referred them.
Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Joel Jacobs |Byard Duncan

If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In recent years, millions of Americans have filed complaints with the agency. Sometimes they did so after a long, unsuccessful back-and-forth with customer service representatives. In other cases, a friend, family member or advocate referred them.
Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws

2 months ago | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The Connecticut legislature is working to overhaul the state's towing laws to protect consumers and lengthen the time before a towed vehicle can be sold.
How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars

2 months ago | propublica.org | Byard Duncan |Ryan Gabrielson |Lucas Waldron |Dave Altimari

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. For years, a towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to an internal DMV report.
The Housing Loophole That Lets Wealthy Investors Raise Rents on Poor Tenants

Feb 13, 2025 | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Jesse Coburn |Dave Altimari

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Four and a half years ago, a newly formed corporate entity purchased a low-income housing complex with 264 apartments in Phoenix. The property had received more than $4 million in federal tax credits and, in exchange, was supposed to remain affordable for decades.
Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims

Feb 12, 2025 | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Paige Pfleger |Dave Altimari

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Two Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee have filed legislation that aims to protect domestic violence victims by requiring more transparency from people who’ve been ordered by a court to give up their guns.
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?

Feb 6, 2025 | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Alec MacGillis |Brett Murphy

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Justice released a 123-page report on the 1921 racial massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which claimed several hundred lives and left the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in smoldering ruins.
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

Feb 6, 2025 | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Sharon Lerner |Pratheek Rebala

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the face of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency and drive out its workers, more than 300 career employees have left their jobs since the election, according to a ProPublica analysis of personnel data.