Little Rock Now this is interesting. A relatively new techy, DC-based research group has crunched a lot of US Census Bureau data and developed a new tool for looking at the state of inequality nationally called the Distressed Communities Index. The Economic Innovation Group looks at seven factors in figuring out the index. The factors …
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“Contract for Deed” Housing Purchases are Predatory and Discriminatory
Little Rock Reports indicate that more than three million people have bought houses under “contract for deed” purchases. Since many, if not most, of these kinds of housing purchases are not recorded, who really knows what the real numbers might be. The one thing that can be certain, is that the happy buyers, meaning the …
The Painful Tragedy of the Digital Divide
Little Rock For more almost 25 years, Local 100 United Labor Unions has represented school support workers mostly in Texas and Louisiana from Head Start to high school from teachers to bus drivers to cafeteria workers and janitors. Most of our work is concentrated in the cities now, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and …