On Our Radar

By almost every measure, the U.S. economy is booming. But a look behind the headlines of roaring job growth and consumer spending reveals how the boom continues in large part by the poorer half of Americans fleecing their savings and piling up debt.

Looking at a well-known problem through a racial-equity lens.

Public housing is the accommodation of last resort in the U.S. Not so in Austria’s capital city.

For one thing, it’s not Trump country. Most struggling whites I know here live a life of quiet desperation, mad at their white bosses, not resentful toward their co-workers or neighbors of color.

If we want a to ensure a more equitable, just, and humane future, we must spend time collectively imagining alternative economic, political, and urban planning policies.

AI will change everything. Workers must adapt — or else.

he U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it will no longer require certain tax-exempt organizations including politically active nonprofit groups, such as the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood, to identify their financial donors to U.S. tax authorities.

In a 2016 opinion, he described the CFPB and other independent agencies as a “threat to individual liberty.”

David Solomon will succeed longtime CEO Lloyd Blankfein as the head of Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs.

The financial constraints of major student loans make it harder for hundreds of thousands of Americans to buy their first homes. But so does a small technicality—one that the Federal Housing Administration could fix.

A new study investigates the intersection of climate change and real estate, and finds that higher elevations bring higher values.

Airbnb frequently touts its economic impact in “diverse” neighborhoods, saying guests spend money locally and boost businesses in areas where tourism is not already prevalent.
But a new Purdue University study found that white neighborhoods – not their black or Latino counterparts – are the ones most likely to benefit from an influx of Airbnb guests.

The agency is drawing legal and political flak.

The post-industrial U.S. “legacy” cities are experiencing a renaissance. But lower-income, majority-black enclaves are struggling more than ever.

A new report lays out the reasons fewer young people are becoming homeowners, shows why it matters, and offers some solutions.