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Impact Alpha: BlackRock just did one thing that changed the game for anyone who invests

By NCRC / January 16, 2018 / Uncategorized, On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, which manages $6 trillion in investments, told business leaders that if they want to do business with BlackRock moving forward, they’re going to need to contribute to society in addition to making a profit. It’s an enormous step from one of the world’s most influential money managers.

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New York Times: Democrats add momentum to G.O.P. push to loosen banking rules

By NCRC / January 15, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

The most significant attempt to loosen rules imposed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is underway in Congress as the Senate looks to pass legislation within the next month that would roll back restrictions on swaths of the finance industry.

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The Dream: Jeff and Mackenzie Bezos to fund 1,000 college scholarships for DREAMERS

By NCRC / January 12, 2018 / On Our Radar, Uncategorized / 1 minute of reading

A $33 million dollar grant for undocumented immigrant graduates of US high schools with DACA status to go to college.

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New York Times: The Trump plan to hurt the poor by pretending to help them

By NCRC / January 11, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

The Trump administration said Thursday that it would get poor people to work by letting state governments deny them Medicaid if they don’t have a job. The new policy would be attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.

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Vanity Fair: With tax cuts in the bag, the White House ramps up it’s war on the poor

By NCRC / January 11, 2018 / On Our Radar, Uncategorized / 1 minute of reading

All signs point to Republicans next move– tear apart the social safety net.

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Marketplace: How federal policy from the ’30s continues to harm Philadelphia

By NCRC / January 11, 2018 / On Our Radar, Uncategorized / 1 minute of reading

Listen to the episode.

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NYT: Trump Administration Postpones an Obama Fair-Housing Rule

By Jesse Meisenhelter / January 10, 2018 / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

Undermining another Obama-era initiative, the Trump administration plans to delay enforcement of a federal housing rule that requires communities to address patterns of racial residential segregation.

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International Business Times: Trump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche — Which Trump Owes Millions

By NCRC / January 9, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire and has also been fined for its role in a Russian money laundering scheme.

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VOX: What the dip in US life expectancy is really about: inequality

By NCRC / January 9, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

While poor Americans are dying earlier, the rich are enjoying unprecedented longevity.

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The Atlantic: What the Oprah boomlet means for democrats

By NCRC / January 8, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

Pleas for the entertainer to run for president point to a split over whether to treat Donald Trump as a dangerous anomaly or a particularly extreme Republican. She could be at once the Democratic Trump and also an anti-Trump.

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Chicago Policy Review: How public bus routes can deconcentrate poverty and promote equity

By NCRC / January 8, 2018 / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

New research suggests that a more effective approach to changing the geography of poverty requires the expansion of effective public transportation systems.

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NYT: How ‘Not in My Backyard’ became ‘Not in My Neighborhood’

By NCRC / January 8, 2018 / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

The expectation that homeowners should be able to reach beyond their property lines has become deeply embedded. The new tax law has raised the possibility that homeownership may be losing some of its privileged status in American society, as the benefits of the mortgage interest and property tax deductions shrink.

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WSJ: Who’s the Most Valuable Online Lender? After This Deal, It’s GreenSky

By NCRC / January 5, 2018 / Uncategorized, On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

A new $200 million investment vaults GreenSky over Social Finance Inc. to become the most highly-valued online lender in the U.S.

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The Atlantic: Mick Mulvaney Is quickly deregulating the financial industry

By NCRC / January 5, 2018 / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

Mick Mulvaney intends to make all the drama surrounding his appointment as interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau worth it.

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Washington Post: America’s forgotten towns: Can they be saved or should people just leave?

By NCRC / January 2, 2018 / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

Economics 101 suggests it’s time for a big migration west from the Rust Belt to the Boom Belt. But economists missed something important about these towns: They have social capital. Trust is what you might call the “magic fairy dust” that helps economies thrive.

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