On Monday, I argued that the big political mistake of TARP was severing it from financial regulation. There was no immediate punishment or reform connected for the bailout. Of course, financial regulation eventually happened. But as Mike Konczal points out, by that time, the politics of the issue had turned against President Obama so hard that...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Predatory lending aimed at racially segregated minority neighborhoods led to mass foreclosures that fueled the U.S. housing crisis, according to a new study published in the American Sociological Review.
Predatory lending typically refers to loans that carry unreasonable fees, interest rates and payment requirements....
Oklahoma City district pushes pause on hip-hop curriculum
Oklahoma City Public Schools purchased Flocabulary, an education tool that uses rap and hip-hop to engage at-risk students, but complaints have caused administrators to take a second look.
BY MEGAN ROLLAND 43
Published: October 1, 2010
Concern over a new hip-hop curriculum that...
Surgeons Domingo Liotta and Denton Cooley placed it into Haskell Carp's chest on April 4, 1969 in Houston. They removed it 64 hours later when a donor heart became available.
But the heart did what it was supposed to do, explained Judy Chelnick, an associate curator at the...
