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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) suggested Wednesday that Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, may have violated federal law by speaking to a group of donors, in the latest of a series of stinging letters to the Trump administration official.
Politico: Warren slams Mulvaney for donor meeting Read More »
 African Americans pay more in rent for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than white tenants do — a gap that increases the whiter a neighborhood becomes
City Lab: Why won’t Ben Carson confront discrimination? Read More »
The mass evictions of entire buildings and affordable apartment complexes have become dangerously commonplace in Philadelphia, requiring tailored strategies and interventions.Â
Plan Philly: Mass evictions are growing more common in Philly. Here’s how to fight them Read More »
U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
New York Times: Americans want to believe jobs are the solution to poverty. They’re not Read More »
Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, launched a $2 billion fund to help homeless families and create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities
Bloomberg: Amazon’s Bezos launches $2 billion fund to help the homeless Read More »
Some members of the NCRC family are preparing for Hurricane Florence and its aftermath. Others will be available to offer assistance to those hit hardest. We’ve created some disaster preparedness suggestions for our members. We will continue to update this page. For individuals: 7 things to do before Florence arrives Know where your gas shut
Preparing for Hurricane Florence Read More »
On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced its next president: Dr. Leana Wen, the Baltimore health commissioner and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s cuts to public health programs.
Mother Jones: The new head of Planned Parenthood is a 35 year old immigrant doctor Read More »
Reforms have strengthened the financial system. Banks have bolstered their balance sheets. Regulators now examine financial institutions once a year to make sure they can weather a downturn.
“Landlords have the right to say no, and that is of great concern because we consider it a form of discrimination.”
DC is whiter than than it was nearly 40 years ago. But it’s more Hispanic, and more Asian, too.
Greater Greater Washington: Gentrification in DC is not just a black and white issue Read More »
An exhibit about the civil rights movement in Nashville proves Faulkner was right: The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.
The New York Times: Looking our racist history in the eye Read More »
Options are drying up for small businesses in areas of high money laundering risk.
Bloomberg Businessweek: The U.S.-Mexico border is becoming a banking desert Read More »
Secretary Betsy DeVos started to scale back protections for student loan borrowers last year.
Yale Law grad, and entrepreneur, Stacey Abrams, had to confront what could be her Achilles’ heel: debt
OZY: Contending with debt – 244 midterm candidates are in the red Read More »
Many Chinese have been left battered and baffled by the recent collapse of China’s peer-to-peer lending industry
