Economy
April 15, 2008 -
For each dollar of U.S. federal income tax paid in 2007, amount spent on the military: 43 cents On health care: 20 cents On responses to poverty: 12 cents On education and jobs: 3 cents On diplomacy and foreign aid: 1 cent A major corporation's chance of being audited in 1990: 3 in 4
April 8, 2008 -
In an example of the kind of pace-setting research that has made them the most useful resource on the subprime lending crisis, the Center for Responsible Lending released an important report today (pdf) on the role brokers play in loans to borrowers with lowe
March 19, 2008 -
The Center for Responsible Lending reports on a major development in Arkansas:
March 17, 2008 -
The business news is awash with panic today, what with financial stalwart Bear Stearns avoiding bankruptcy only by being gobbled up by J.P Morgan.
March 7, 2008 -
Si, Se Puede" may be becoming an over-used Presidential campaign slogan, but the message of "Yes, We Can" still has meaning for members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida.
March 7, 2008 -
Today's job report coming out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has some grim news: for the first time in eight five years*, the country has seen two straight months of job losses. The net job loss for February was 22,000.
March 6, 2008 -
Pundits are working themselves into a dither about whether the U.S. is or isn't officially "in a recession." But for at least one segment of the country, the question is settled: African-Americans are deep in recession, and have been for a while.