Such a policy, however, would have little chance of advancing in Congress.

Senate Republicans threw out the temporary deferral Trump signed in his executive order from their own COVID-19 relief bill proposal.

Baby bonds or housing head-starts could make more people financially secure.

Companies that value homes for sale or refinancing are bound by law not to discriminate. Black homeowners say it happens anyway.

Thirty million households didn’t have enough food in the last week. Only the Fed has acted forcefully.

The court placed a preliminary injunction against Brigade Capital on Tuesday, ordering it to either pay back the money or to not withdraw or dispose of it until a court appearance on August 31.

The virus doesn’t sicken kids as much as adults. But it can still destroy their futures. A child allowance would help.

“Contrary to much of the criticism we have received since making this announcement, this will generally not cause mortgage payments to ‘go up.’” the letter states. “The fee applies only to refinancing borrowers, who almost always use a refinancing to lower their monthly rate,” the letter states.

Credit reports and credit scores reflect stunning racial disparities. Over a dozen studies have found that Black consumers have lower credit scores as a group than whites (listed in this policy brief). As a result, Black consumers have less access to mortgages, credit cards, and even government lending intended to help those most in need — a July 2020 study by ClimateWire found credit scores kept many Black consumers from obtaining Small Business Administration disaster relief loans. Credit reports or credit scores are also used by insurance companies, employers, and landlords, creating racial disparities in those settings as well.

Federal courts delivered two victories for transgender Americans Friday, one regarding restroom access, one on birth certificates.

The pandemic is making the maternal health care crisis worse. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Tuesday’s stock market record proves the definitive triumph of capital over labor in the era of COVID-19.

It’s playing out differently this time, according to a new study by economists Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, and Michèle Tertilt. They find that this recession is hitting women harder. Between February and April 2020, male unemployment increased 9.9%; female unemployment increased 12.8%. The pandemic has ravaged in-person service jobs — at restaurants, hotels, pilates studios, retail outlets and so on — which are disproportionately done by women. Men are more likely to be able to work remotely, and male-dominated construction and manufacturing, while down, have also proven to be relatively pandemic-proof.

Below-average evictions during the pandemic suggest a housing crisis might look different than a projected “tsunami.”

“To raise the cost of refinancing and put a real barrier between American consumers and these lower payments is absurd at every level,” Broeksmit tells NPR. “And I just can’t understand, particularly as President Trump seeks reelection, why in the world they would do this.”

Some Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, his $80 billion philanthropic company, say his efforts are stymied by blind spots around race and the desire to appear bipartisan.