The study, examining granular data on cab rides released by New York’s taxi regulator, singles out lunchtime trips between the New York Fed and the major offices of six banks.
Politico: What taxi data shows about the Fed’s contact with bankers Read More »
Aaron Klein looks at what is to like and not like in a bipartisan bill to amend Dodd-Frank.
Brookings: Bipartisanship in banking is back Read More »
This week, the Senate is expected to pass a bill to roll back some Dodd-Frank provisions on smaller banks with bipartisan support — except from virtually every 2020 presidential hopeful.
Buzzfeed: The lefty democratic shift on wall street is happening for real Read More »
Survivors of the Parkland massacre are getting a crash course in civics, and learning that corporations are more responsive to customer concerns than lawmakers are to their constituents.
The Atlantic: A bright red flag for democracy Read More »
Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute discusses EPI’s new report on the economic inequality gap for African Americans, 50 years after the Kerner Commission.
The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Houston by the local chapters of the NAACP and LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, alleges that Capital One violated federal fair housing and credit laws.
The first of its kind in the US, a Portland housing-assistance policy is an effort to atone for the sins of gentrification
The Guardian: Un-gentrifying Portland: scheme helps displaced residents come home Read More »
Rollbacks to Dodd-Frank are expected to pass, thanks in no small part to Democrats in Congress.
New Republic: How Democrats are helping Trump dismantle Dodd-Frank Read More »
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a dramatic turnaround in U.S. corporate culture from passive observers to active agents of social change.
Washington Post: Here’s why #BoycottTheNRA worked so quickly 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.
Get ready for a new front in the Trump administration’s war on communities of color and working people: “Reform” of the Community Reinvestment Act.
The Greenlining Institute: CRA “reform” is an attack on communities of color Read More »
A letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the Trump Administration’s review of the Community Reinvestment Act.
CBC: To Trump Administration – don’t weaken the Community Reinvestment Act Read More »
According to a report published Wednesday by McKinsey, a consultancy, one area of the world where the banking industry is flourishing is Africa.
USA Today: Africa’s banks are doing what U.S. banks aren’t: Winning Read More »
We need bipartisan support to end discrimination in lending, not to hide the data that exposes it. Read John Taylor and Marc Morial’s opposition to S. 2155, the #BankLobbyistAct.
HUD officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office.
New York Times: Ben Carson’s HUD Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office Read More »
