The New Republic: I Worked At Capital One For Five Years. This Is How We Justified Piling Debt on Poor Customers.
The subprime lending giant is a textbook case in creating a corporate culture of denial.
The subprime lending giant is a textbook case in creating a corporate culture of denial.
Despite growth in women-owned businesses in D.C., there are still formidable challenges that await women of color seeking careers in business.
The Douglass Community Land Trust will bring an increasingly popular approach to preserving affordable housing to the nation’s capital.
The Washington Post: Could A Community Land Trust Help Solve DC’s Gentrification Crisis? Read More »
To honor our Hispanic and Latino members during Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re shining the spotlight this month on four leaders whose work embodies what it means to give everyone in our communities a chance at economic justice.
Member Spotlight: Q&A with José Antonio Ramírez Read More »
Special Assistant to the Chief of Community Development bfriend@ncrc.org 202-464-2728 Brenda Friend has held the position of Special Assistant to the Chief, Community Development, since June 2018. Prior to coming to the GROWTH team, she served as the Executive Director for The Greater Cumberland Committee (TGCC) for seven years, in which she demonstrated strong advocacy
Renia’s Diary spent decades in a safe deposit box before being published this week in the U.S. It was written by a Jewish teenager in Poland before she was murdered by the Nazis.
NPR: Renia Spiegel’s Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It. Read More »
In an essential component of a CRA evaluation, examiners use a blend of quantitative and qualitative information to form a research-based narrative about each bank’s unique environment.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Understanding The CRA Performance Context Read More »
Various cities and even some countries are adopting what’s called the Housing First model. This approach is very different than what has been done previously, and it has inspired folks all over to rethink what is possible.
Reasons To Be Cheerful: Everybody Needs A Home Read More »
In the New York metro area, white Americans make up less than half the population but own more than half of the area’s owner-occupied homes.
The evil of ecological devastation is directly connected to the evils of systemic racism, poverty and inequality, and the distorted moral narrative that prevents us from addressing these issues.
Newsweek: By Striking For The Climate, We’re Striking Against Poverty And Racism Too Read More »
The availability of inexpensive debt on increasingly generous terms is supporting auto industry sales and profits. For consumers, it’s become a crutch to support their expectations.
Universal preschool models, as well as those that blend subsidized and tuition-based slots, offer more integrated settings, experts say.
Education Dive: Study: Early-Childhood Programs More Segregated Than K-12 Read More »
The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area is consistently ranked as one of the most well-off in the country, with median incomes above the national average, but the area’s staggering cost of living puts many things out of reach for locals.
NPR : What Does ‘Affordable’ Even Mean In The Washington Region? Read More »
By last weekend, the boulders were exposing just how high tensions are running amid a city homelessness crisis that years of policy proposals have done little to dent.
Instead of lacking streets, power, and water, as the residents of the former colonias often did, now the residents of Benavides and other former shantytowns are being left out of the middle class because they lack high-speed internet access – which Barton calls “a platform for access to the economy.”