Zach Carter, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. August 7, 2009. It can't keep pace with the rate of foreclosures -- not even close. Why was the industry allowed to police itself?
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 27, 2009. Americans are now $14 trillion poorer. Many who thought they were middle class have now joined the ranks of the poor.
Michelle Chen, ColorLines. May 26, 2009. With foreclosures and job losses dragging down the whole economy, low-income families of color are falling into an even deeper hole.
Lagan Sebert, David Murdock, American News Project. April 16, 2009. "Toxic assets" are actually mortgages and, by extension, houses and the people who are struggling to live in them.
Valeria Fernández, ColorLines. April 13, 2009. How one Detroit community group is saving homes and protecting human rights over the right of a corporation to make a profit.
Nan Mooney, AlterNet. March 30, 2009. A second wave of very distressed families is going to be desperately in need of a social safety net that doesn't exist.
Daniel Fireside, Dollars and Sense. March 19, 2009. Homeowners aren't the only ones in trouble from foreclosures -- renters, urban neighborhoods, and entire cities are at risk.
Alyssa Katz, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. March 5, 2009. Obama is banking on "loan modifications" to help struggling homeowners -- but mortgage brokers are the real winners.
Nathan Havey, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 27, 2009. Fathers of the financial industry look the other way as their subsidiary children rob us blind.
John Nichols, The Nation. February 19, 2009. The plan could help nine million families struggling to keep their heads above water. But is it too little, too late?
Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 18, 2009. "I'm here today to talk about a crisis unlike any we've ever known -- but one that you know very well ... "
ZP Heller, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 10, 2009. Time to hear from the millions in danger of losing their homes.
Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch. January 23, 2009. The 1,120,000 lost US retail jobs in 2008 are a signal that the second stage of the real estate bust is about to hit the economy.
Valeria Fernández, ColorLines. January 19, 2009. Latinos and Blacks are feeling the effects of foreclosures, job losses and increased debt most acutely.
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 12, 2008. Millions of people may lose their homes and life's savings, all because the economists who are supposed to know better didn't.
