When bankers blow their businesses up, it’s no-questions-asked bailout time. When student borrowers need relief, not so much.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inHousing
The Fed’s Rate Hikes and the Housing Crisis
High interest rates only worsen the shortage of affordable housing, but the cure lies far beyond the realm of monetary policy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Closing the Earned Income Tax Credit Audit ‘Doom Loop’
More taxpayer education could get some people out of this IRS vortex, but the real issue is assumptions guiding the agency’s apparent fixation on certain Black filers.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Laughing Through the Pain
A new comedy special brings to light the relationship between race, poverty, and mental trauma.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Buy Now, Pay Later Customers Face Financial Precarity
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details the financial profiles of BNPL borrowers.
Posted inEducation in America
University of California Under Fire for Blackstone Investment
The university has invested $4.5 billion with the real estate arm of the private equity giant.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About
Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Defense Denied
Many poor Texans are being shortchanged on their right to be represented by a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Last Pandemic Welfare Supports Get Kicked Out
Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Tenants Who Went to Washington
The Homes Guarantee Campaign got the attention of policymakers at the highest levels. Now these tenant organizers want to get the policy.
