Analysis and points of view on research, trends, issues, ideas and opportunities.
My daughter will be attending college near Charlotte, North Carolina, in the fall. As part of her orientation, the college asks all incoming freshmen to read a common book. This year, the book was Color and Character by North Carolina historian Pamela Grundy, a story about the struggle for integration and educational equity in Charlotte, North […]
An old American struggle, always new Read More »
Herbert J. Rubin’s new book, Advocacy for Social Change, is an important primer for those who seek to promote social change through national organizations. Many books discuss the corrosive effect of money in politics and lobbying organizations, but few are devoted to how those representing the have-nots organize on a national level to fight for laws
Advocacy for social change: Coalitions and the organizations that lead them Read More »
History matters and memorials are important. But the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is an unfinished story.
White place. Wrong type. Read More »
Quicken Loans overtakes Wells Fargo as the largest loan originator.
2017 HMDA Overview: Non-banks dominated home lending Read More »
Today, and every day, we honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage and vision by standing unafraid and fully committed to a more racially and economically just America.
Fifty years after the death of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read More »
The study shows how policies and practices that influence access to capital and credit can have a lasting impact on housing patterns, the economic health of neighborhoods and who accumulates wealth.
How 1930s discrimination shaped inequality in today’s cities Read More »
In its classically quiet fashion, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a significant study, asking the Treasury Department to improve data on CRA exams.
Data Drives the Movement for Economic Justice, and Bank Deposits Read More »
Congress should be asking how to expand reporting requirements for all lenders, not end them. We need bipartisan support to end discrimination in lending, not to hide the data that exposes it.
HMDA is the key to preventing predatory behavior, not the cause of it, so how can an economics professor from George Washington University claim that HMDA can facilitate large-scale identity theft?
The president’s 2019 budget proposal presents a profoundly troubling vision for our nation’s working class.
How many cuts does it take to kill the middle class? Read More »
The affordable-housing mandates at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not the primary cause of the 2007-09 recession.
Housing policy didn’t cause the 2007 crash Read More »
Inequality is increasing social tensions and slowing economic growth. According to Josh Silver, there is a way to fight it.
Integration as a means of combating inequality Read More »
This year we celebrate half a century of progress toward Dr. King’s work for racial and economic justice. But we do so in a country that remains divided, the nation of Charlottesville and #MeToo.
Honoring MLK: The unfinished business of our movement Read More »
We must stand boldly against hate, and we must speak truth to power.
Nearly nine years after the U.S. government seized both of them at the height of the Great Recession, Fannie and Freddie remain under the control of the federal government. The good news is they’re profitable again. The bad news is they no longer play a significant role helping the working class obtain affordable home loans.Â
Preserving the GSEs is key to preserving affordability Read More »
