Journalist David Dayen, explains why Trump’s picks for Commerce and Treasury (Wilbur Ross and Steven Mnuchin) secretaries are both profiteers off of the housing crisis. Reverse mortgage schemes. Steve Mnuchin misery merchant. Wilbur Ross’s outsourcing career in private equity and how he profited from the foreclosure crisis. The Obama failure on the Foreclosure crisis and […]

Journalist Laura Gottesdiener explains, how communities of color were targeted by predatory housing loans, what “redlining” and why its toxic legacy matters, how inter generational wealth was destroyed in the African American community, how the financial services industry writes loans that no one including legal experts can understand, the inspiring grassroots movement against corporate foreclosure […]

Hello, Tuesday! Mark Bray from Occupy Wall Street is here to give us an update on today’s OccupyOurHomes day of action largely considered the most important day for the Occupy Movement since the eviction from Zuccotti Park.  He will be marching with many, many others from Brooklyn on a tour of foreclosed homes.  He gives us the details of […]