housing
Groups demand Bank of America stop foreclosures, pay taxes
August 17, 2011BOA made $10 billion in profits last year. However, they paid nothing in taxes.
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For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough
August 1, 2011Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.
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Naki’o: the amazing bionic puppy
June 27, 2011Naki'o made history as the first pet to have a complete set of bionic legs.
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Blown-up levee destroys black community
June 21, 2011A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.
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Stop the banksters: Michigan county weighs foreclosure moratorium
June 16, 2011The UAW's Miguel Foster called the area's foreclosure epidemic an "economic and human catastrophe" that is affecting many of his union's members.
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