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Showing videos filed under: homes
Sarah Ludwig: Foreclosure Fraud Continues
January 20, 2011"We need to shine a light on the big banks and all their different tentacles," says Sarah Ludwig of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, noting that all too many of the programs put in place to encourage banks to help homeowners fight foreclosure are voluntary, rendering them toothless. Instead, she calls for citizens to be aware of the banks' practices and to think about where we put our money.Sarah Ludwig, The Goldstone Report, and Obama's Op-Ed
January 19, 2011"We need to shine a light on the big banks and all their different tentacles," says Sarah Ludwig of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, noting that all too many of the programs put in place to encourage banks to help homeowners fight foreclosure are voluntary, rendering them toothless. Instead, she calls for citizens to be aware of the banks' practices and to think about where we put our money.S'bu Zikode: Organizing South Africa's Shack Dwellers
November 20, 2010"The power of the poor starts when we as the poor recognise our own humanity," wrote S'bu Zikode, President of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African Shackdwellers’ Movement. Years after the end of apartheid, poor South Africans still struggle under a system that has yet to fulfill the promises it made to the people: redistribution of land has stopped, and the attention of the world subsided as the World Cup ended.Kai Wright & Tony Romano: Public Housing, Private Pain
August 17, 201030,000 people showed up outside of Atlanta in search of Section 8 housing vouchers last week; 62 vouchers were available. To qualify for the vouchers, a family's income is not to exceed 50 percent of the area's median income. That median income for the surrounding area? Just over $31,000 a year.Richard Kim, Public Housing, and Anchor Baby Baiting
August 16, 2010"Who needs gay bashing when you have the Ground Zero mosque?" Richard Kim, senior editor at The Nation, asks guest host Esther Armah. In a week when gay and lesbian couples may see obstacles to their right to marry in California fall away, he notes, right-wing media is strangely silent on the issue. Even Glenn Beck is suddenly sounding a libertarian note.ColorLines: Foreclosures, Families, and Racism
July 10, 2010Over a year ago, our friends at the Applied Research Center and ColorLines investigated the impact of the recession on communities of color. Their report, "Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and how to Change the Rules" looked at the long-term racial inequalities that left people of color disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of the economic crisis. Now, a year later, Seth Freed Wessler revisits one of the women profiled in the original reporting to talk about how her home foreclosure continues to affect her.Climate Change, Foreclosure in Detroit, and Oscar Grant
July 9, 2010Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.Foreclosures and Financial Reform: Obama at Cooper Union
April 23, 2010President Obama came to New York to deliver a speech at Cooper Union this week, critiquing the financial crisis and making the case for the financial regulation bill heading for a Senate vote. He made the case for both free markets and for regulations on those markets, and called for Americans to come together to support financial regulation.Bill Fletcher Jr., Foreclosures and Financial Reform, and Cochabamba
April 23, 2010President Obama came to New York to deliver a speech at Cooper Union this week, critiquing the financial crisis and making the case for the financial regulation bill heading for a Senate vote. He made the case for both free markets and for regulations on those markets, and called for Americans to come together to support financial regulation.
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