New Orleans As Lilliputians living in the land of the giant rich 1%, it is hard to avoid the heavy helpings of bad news coming in daily about how their habits and highly selective generosity imperils us everywhere, especially because we also live in a world dominated by neo-liberalism that has too often ceded the …
Month: October 2014
New and Better Mortgage Lending Standards Maybe
New Orleans The press is making a big deal of Mel Watt’s comments as the chief housing regulator at the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s convention in Vegas. He claims he has a new plan to loosen up the rules so that banks finally lend some money to first-time buyers and …
Bosses Intimidating Their Workers at the Ballot Box
New Orleans A lot of this is an old story, but there are enough new twists and turns that it settles disturbingly, especially if you care about democracy and understand the subtle things that can become significant in razor close elections with huge consequences. I know the freelance reporter and investigator, Spencer Woodman, who often …