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December 19, 2022
Matt Ford
State Governments Probably Shouldn’t Be Able to Just Steal Your Money
A pair of plaintiffs are seeking redress over gallingly abusive property seizures, but it’s not certain that the Supreme Court will intervene.
September 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Big Banks Cratered the Economy. Now They Swear They’ll Fix It.
What do we make of Citigroup and other banks’ racial and economic justice initiatives?
August 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Private Equity Is Cannibalizing the Post-Pandemic Economy
These vulture firms helped create the conditions for economic collapse. Now they’re cleaning up.
July 13, 2020
Alexis Goldstein
The Government Is Walking Blind Into the Coronavirus Housing Crisis
The 2008 financial crash offered some stark lessons about evictions and foreclosures, but lawmakers didn’t learn a thing.
August 8, 2017
David Dayen
The Left’s Misguided Debate Over Kamala Harris
My article about a bank's law-breaking during the housing crisis became a political football, obscuring the real issue at hand.
June 29, 2016
David Dayen
The Foreclosure Sleuth
How a sports agent uncovered the greatest financial fraud in American history.
June 29, 2015
David Dayen
The Housing Recovery Has Skipped Poor and Minority Neighborhoods
After the Supreme Court's fair-housing ruling, will the government finally do something about it?
September 11, 2014
David Dayen
Michigan's 'Foreclosure King' Is Trying to Win a Seat in Congress
August 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
Yet Another Reason to Extend Unemployment Insurance: It Prevents Foreclosures
November 10, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
The Ten Baddest Elizabeth Warren Clips Out There
May 8, 2013
David Dayen
Newark's Terrible New Foreclosure Fix Idea
Activists in the city think eminent domain can save their neighborhoods
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