Meredith Garretson

2 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Chris Farrell |Meredith Garretson

Heard on: Major economic transformations often gather momentum slowly. That is, until accumulated data add up into clear signs of change. That’s the story arc of the more than three-decade-long rise in older Americans holding debt.

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Leanna Byrne |Meredith Garretson |Lee Hawkins |David Brancaccio

Mar 14, 2025

1 month ago | marketplace.org | David Brancaccio |Meredith Garretson |Lee Hawkins |Dylan Miettinen

In our latest series, “Unlocking the Gates,” Marketplace Special Correspondent Lee Hawkins explores the lasting impact of housing discrimination. One tool once used to enforce housing discrimination was racial covenants. These were contracts added to property deeds that prevented Black people and other people of color from purchasing, leasing or occupying a property. These clauses were officially outlawed in the 1968 Fair Housing Act, but their impact can still be felt today.

2 months ago | marketplace.org | David Brancaccio |Meredith Garretson |Erika Soderstrom

Heard on: Until that moment, we’d only seen photos. “Oh, it’s hard to look at,” said my wife, Mary. “The post box? Oh, the mail inside it burned up. It’s all just ashes.

2 months ago | marketplace.org | Sabri Ben-Achour |Kimberly Adams |Meredith Garretson

The rules of Congress are byzantine and seemingly endless. And with the start of the new Congress and administration, a rarely used one, called the Congressional Review Act, has come out of the woodwork. It could allow Republicans to roll back some… but not all… Biden-era rules and regulations. Marketplace senior Washington correspondent Kimberly Adams joined “Marketplace Morning Report” host Sabri Ben-Achour to help break it down. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.