Quillette: The Case For Black Optimism
When was the last time you heard good news about the state of Black America?
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When was the last time you heard good news about the state of Black America?
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We write to reiterate our grave concern about the impact of potential reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
Brilliant, brash founders such as WeWork’s Adam Neumann may waste investors’ money, flout regulations and put workers at risk.
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The federal government has dramatically expanded its exposure to risky mortgages, as federal officials over the past four years took steps that cleared the way for companies to issue loans that many borrowers might not be able to repay.
D.C. had the highest intensity of gentrification in the country between 2000 and 2013, according to a study from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; one of those neighborhoods is Columbia Heights.
In 2018, the average effective tax rate paid by the richest 400 families in the country was 23%, a full percentage point lower than the 24.2% rate paid by the bottom half of American households.
If the rich have all the money, there is less spending throughout the whole of the economy and fewer opportunities for businesses to pursue.
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The nation’s wealthiest people never expected the real revolution would come from inside their own families.
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“Inclusionary zoning is perhaps the most prevalent strategy for providing affordable housing at the local level,” says Emily Hamilton, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, a free-market–oriented think tank at George Mason University. “There are open questions about the legality of that and the effectiveness of that.”
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A broad analysis of federal records finds that homeowners hoping to relocate out of flood zones in the U.S. don’t have equal access to the main source of federal funding meant to help them.
When the federal government announced earlier this week that it would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to rebuild a portion of their capital reserves to a total of $45 billion combined as part of a plan to exit conservatorship, the message was clear: The government-sponsored enterprises are back and they’re not likely to go away any time soon.
As in many other cities across the nation, Atlanta’s housing costs are rising fast, so much so that many middle- and lower-income residents are forced to leave because they can’t keep up with them.
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Female small business owners are more optimistic going into next year than male small business owners. Eighty four percent of women small business owners expect year-over-year growth.
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What is happening to America’s White working class
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About 40% of the District’s lower-income neighborhoods experienced gentrification between 2000 and 2013, according to a National Community Reinvestment Coalition study released earlier this year, giving it the greatest “intensity of gentrification” of any city in the country.