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A study of demographic changes in Philadelphia neighborhoods finds that an influx of more-affluent newcomers can erode community ties—or strengthen them.
CityLab: What happens to community bonds when a neighborhood gentrifies Read More »
The cost of fixing the nation’s widening affordable housing shortage measures in the billions of dollars. But if the healthcare costs that come with this lack of housing security are factored in, replenishing and expanding our low-income housing stock becomes an even better investment.
Curbed: As affordable housing crisis worsens, Trump proposes more cuts Read More »
One day prior to Brian Moynihan’s, the CEO of Bank of America, testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Moynihan announced that Bank of America will be raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour over the next two years.
NBC News: Bank of America is raising its minimum wage for employees to $20 an hour Read More »
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell decided to change Senate voting rules, meaning that Trump’s awaiting appointees will only require 51 instead of 60 votes to be confirmed.
The New York Times: Senate Republicans go ‘nuclear’ to speed up Trump confirmations Read More »
America’s growing geographic divide derives from economic inequality, especially the tremendous gains of the 1 percent.
CityLab: How the one percent is pulling America’s cities and regions apart Read More »
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson could not precisely articulate what the department was doing about protecting LGBTQ people from housing discrimination after it had removed LGBTQ nondiscrimination guidelines from its website.
NBC News: Ben Carson questioned on HUD’s lack of LGBTQ nondiscrimination guidance Read More »
A report released by the Institute for Policy Studies highlights how a polarizing racial wealth divide has grown between White households and households of color over the past three decades.
Inequality: Dreams deferred: how enriching the 1% widens the racial wealth divide Read More »
Members of the white power movement set fire to a Tennessee social justice center. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Congress members confronted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over a proposed budget increase for a program funding charter schools that quickly closed, or never opened at all.
The “whites only” signs were gone, but joblessness, dilapidated housing and intractable poverty remained.
The New York Times: The real roots of ‘Black capitalism’ Read More »
Wells Fargo is in the midst of leadership changes, and though a good step for the company, the decision faces many new challenges.
CNN: Wells Fargo’s CEO is out. Here’s how the bank can end its crisis Read More »
Overall, women make about 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. For black and Latina women, the gap is bigger.
Vox: America has stalled on equal pay Read More »
Even though there is partisan divide about the effectiveness of the current U.S. healthcare system, majority of all Americans fear rising healthcare costs.
After Maryland lawmakers override their Governor’s veto, the state has entered history by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Vox: Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour Read More »
Even with rising wages and falling mortgage rates, Americans can’t afford a home in more than 70 percent of the country.
CBS News: Average Americans can’t afford a home in 70 percent of the country Read More »
