Banks and Finance
The South is home to some of the largest banking institutions in the country as well as areas with diverse income levels that can be deeply affected by economic changes. This means that, for the South, the larger issues surrounding finance and banking have never been more important.
Banking on Boeing
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May 21, 2012
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest
Recent passage of a piece of federal legislation on a broadly bipartisan basis was considered unusual enough for the Washington Post to treat...
Financial regulation kills jobs? Perhaps not
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September 13, 2011
By Marian Wang, ProPublica
With the presidential campaign in motion, and President Obama urging immediate passage of his new jobs bill, the attention in Washington has shifted...
Nurses rally to heal America with Wall Street tax
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August 31, 2011
Nurses will gather across the U.S. on Thursday, Sept. 1 to urge Congress to tax financial transactions and use the revenue to fund social programs desperately needed amid the...
The color of foreclosure: Blacks, Latinos still losing homes at record numbers
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June 18, 2010
Thanks to a certain oil spill and other attention-grabbing events, the nation's home foreclosure crisis has drifted off the news headlines.
But a new study by the Center for...
Traders give Lincoln 80% chance of winning primary, 20% of winning general
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May 18, 2010
In Arkansas' closely-watched primary today for U.S. Senate, the polls and pundits are saying embattled incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) has a big enough lead to win against...
Wall Street's strategy for opposing financial reform (video)
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April 29, 2010
Facing South's report last week on a protest last week by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity -- which targeted the Center for Responsible lending, a champion of...
Predatory Bankers Target African-Americans
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April 11, 2005
A new study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition finds that home lenders target African Americans and Latino consumers for high-interest, predatory loans, as reported...
