HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rules will bring long-awaited clarity for markets and much-needed traction for neglected communities.
States are working to enhance financial literacy education in schools — But will the specific needs of immigrant families be served?
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Speakers like Marcia Fudge, Rohit Chopra and many more addressed a wide range of topics from environmental racism to the ongoing banking crisis.
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New York Times reporter and author Emily Flitter discussed her new book, The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America.
Learn about the amazing achievements of Mayor Randall Woodfin, who is transforming Birmingham, Alabama, through innovative initiatives and visionary leadership.
“I worry that firms may sometimes shortchange this key component of testing,” the CFPB’s Patrice Ficklin said at the Just Economy Conference.
Just Economy Conference attendees heard from three rockstars of the progressive philanthropy world.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal shared how her own background informs her approach to politics and her priorities in policymaking.
Graves shared his family’s rich history of overcoming systemic racial injustice and tied his story to key policies of the Biden-Harris administration today.
OCC head Michael Hsu covered a lot of ground, from the agency’s founding under Abraham Lincoln to the opportunities and challenges of AI and fintech innovation.
The new abusive practices guideline marks the second time in a week that the CFPB has taken care of some long-unfinished business related to the Dodd-Frank Act.
A court pretending it’s legal for a mortgage lender to label Black neighborhoods “scary” “jungles” to be avoided was “an act of cynical politics masquerading as high-minded jurisprudence.”
The system that shortens Black life expectancy and shrinks Black wealth isn’t “broken,” Jesse Van Tol said, because “every system is perfectly designed for the outcome it produces” — Which is why NCRC is working to change the system itself.
“I am proud that Director Chopra chose to announce this much-anticipated news at our Just Economy Conference to a ballroom full of people who spend every day working to make their communities more prosperous and inclusive.”
