Japanese Americans received reparations — a presidential apology and a $20,000 check — more than four decades after their captivity. African Americans have not.
The Washington Post: What reparations mean to one American family Read More »
Outstanding card borrowing has surpassed its pre-crisis peak, reaching a record of $880 billion at the end of September, according to the latest data from the New York Fed’s consumer credit panel.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Banks Are Handing Out Beefed-Up Credit Lines No One Asked For Read More »
Of all the predictors of a child’s health and development, neighborhood is among the most telling, new data show.
Long accused of being too soft, a U.S. bank regulator has surprised its critics with tough treatment of scandal-ridden lender Wells Fargo, culminating on Thursday in more than $58 million in fines against eight former executives at the bank.
Reuters: U.S. bank regulator sharpens teeth on Wells Fargo, surprising critics Read More »
“My takeaway message is that Maryland continues to be the most innovative state, but Maryland’s experience over 42 years with all-payer rate setting shows that there are still challenges to bringing down health care spending,” Kominski, the UCLA health policy scholar, told me. There’s one more shortcoming to note: Maryland’s reforms don’t do anything directly to address the problem of the uninsured.
Vox: The answer to America’s health care cost problem might be in Maryland Read More »
Civil rights groups should not be required to write fantasy novels before asserting their rights under law.
The New York Times: The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share Read More »
Today, facial recognition technologies are receiving the brunt of the tech backlash, but focusing on them misses the point. We need to have a serious conversation about all the technologies of identification, correlation and discrimination, and decide how much we as a society want to be spied on by governments and corporations — and what sorts of influence we want them to have over our lives.
The New York Times: We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point. Read More »
In the end, Zucchino pulls the story into our present moment. He interviews descendants of those who perpetrated the violence and those who bore the brunt of it. What becomes clear, at least to me, is that memory and trauma look different depending on which side of the tracks you stand.
The New York Times: When White Supremacists Overthrew an Elected Government Read More »
Kathy Gallegos, the art gallery owner, said she saw Highland Park as part of a sad pattern across Los Angeles’ Latino communities where street art has often given way to commerce and a city-wide tendency to forget its own history.
The Guardian: ‘Whitewashed’: how gentrification continues to erase LA’s bold murals Read More »
As a community, we can leverage the city’s efforts to make college a reality for all. College Bound Saint Paul is an investment in our future by fostering a highly educated workforce and wider economic growth for the city.
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The attack on the Fair Housing Act is reckless and wrong.
The Trump Administration will tell Puerto Rico to stop paying contractors on disaster projects $15 an hour if the island wants a pot of disaster aid, officials familiar with the plan said.
Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future.
The New Republic: The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s A Nightmare. Read More »
More evidence emerges of racial disparity between what bank customers pay in monthly ATM and checking-overdraft fees.
