New Orleans One of the toughest questions I got on my road tour of six countries was essentially, “how does it feel to have to keep fighting to hold on to every victory against constant opposition,” or in other words how do we do the work when every victory involves constant struggle. My answer, most …
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The Return of Lending Discrimination by Banks
New Orleans Finally there is some small notice of the fact that banks are abandoning the poor and their neighborhoods. A report from the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) found that almost 1000 net branches had been lost in 2010. Certainly not surprising to anyone is that the loss has been much higher in lower …