Tag: housing market
US-backed housing scandals threaten to rip off Honduras and Panama
Miami-based investors are suing Honduras after their own false promises left families picking up the pieces.
There’s an abundance of housing; let’s organize to take it over
Two campaigns have been leading efforts across the country to place individuals and families who need them into federally-owned housing for a long time.
Democrats urge immediate rate cuts to combat housing crisis exacerbated by...
Democrats in Congress are urging the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates immediately, warning that the central bank's restrictive monetary policy is worsening the nation's housing crisis and threatening to derail a strong streak of job growth.
Progressive powerhouses demand urgent overhaul of America’s housing policies amidst soaring...
The stark reality is that half of America's renters are buckling under the weight of exorbitant monthly payments, a burden that has pushed more citizens into homelessness than ever before.
The rent crisis: Half of US renters face unprecedented housing affordability...
The study reveals a staggering 50 percent of U.S. renters were dedicating more than 30 percent of their income to cover rent and utilities.
NYT columnist misleadingly trashes the economy, to explain why people view...
Dissecting Economic Pessimism: Analyzing Steve Rattner's Perspective on Public Sentiment
We need a new deal for housing
I’ve worked hard my whole life and will probably never own a home. This is a policy shame, not a personal one.
Dark matter: Too-big-to-fail hibernates in opaque derivatives markets
What you’re seeing here is a dilemma that market purists never quite resolve: They say they want market transparency, and they oppose government regulation.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.