Imagine that your birthday fell on the day of the week, year after year. Like Christmas, the National Independence Day or other patriotic or religious holidays approved by the government of the country where you live. Now look at your watch, see time and imagine that this is the same time they are seeing other […]
Why Authorities Haven’t Stopped the Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Boom
This story is a collaboration with Steve Henn of American Public Media’s Marketplace [1]. It was co-published with Salon [2]. During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers [3] thrived, thanks to the sluggish response of regulators and law enforcement agencies. Amid the ruins of the crash, there’s a new boom […]