Income Inequality

A CEO, Dan Price, made the minimum wage at his company $70,000 in a year, and now, he's getting the last laugh. Dr. Rashad Richey discusses on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below. Read more HERE: https://www.opednews.com/articles/CEO-Ridiculed-for-Raising-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-Minimum-Wage_Minimum-Wage-Living-Wage-210817-229.html "Six years ago, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price, 37, discovered one of his employees was working a second job to make ends meet. His response? He gave her, and ultimately everyone in the company a raise to $70,000 per year. He paid for it by dropping his own $1.1 million salary to $70,000. He tweeted 'Money buys happiness when you climb out of poverty. But going from well-off to very well-off doesn't make you happier. Doing what you believe is right, will.'" Hosts: Dr. Rashad Richey, Jackson White Cast: Dr. Rashad Richey, Jackson WhiteSeptember 17

Brad Polumbo, journalist and correspondent with the Foundation for Economic Education, enters The Bullpen to discuss the end of expanded unemployment benefits and recent vaccine mandates with Dr. Rashad Richey on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below. Hosts: Dr. Rashad Richey, Brad Polumbo Cast: Dr. Rashad Richey, Brad PolumboSeptember 15

Tucker Carlson admits to lying on his show. Dr. Rashad Richey discusses on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below. Read more HERE: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-admits-lying-on-show_n_613fb9bee4b09519c5085ebd?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006 "Tucker Carlson is apparently telling the truth when he says he sometimes lies on his show." VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFkR-DZ_YV8 Hosts: Dr. Rashad Richey, Dr. Jonathan Metzl Cast: Dr. Rashad Richey, Dr. Jonathan MetzlSeptember 15

President Biden's Department of Justice says it exploring all options to protect Texas women seeking an abortion. September 7

The Biden administration drops millions from unemployment benefits. John Iadarola and Wosny Lambre break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22638555/unemployment-extension-benefits-biden "Sean thought he’d be back to work by now. Over the summer, the cafe where he worked before the pandemic reached out, saying he could have his old job back by early September. The cafe was located on a tech company’s campus in California, and his former boss wanted to staff up as office employees started coming in. (Sean spoke to Vox on the condition that his identity and that of his employer remain anonymous.) It looked like his return to work would coincide pretty nicely with the wind-down of the unemployment insurance he’d been relying on to get by. “Everything was going fine,” he says — until it wasn’t. In mid-August, the cafe told him they wouldn’t need him back after all. “Due to the delta surge, the campus was completely closed again with no solid date for starting the process again,” he explains. “There’s a chance I get contacted in the fall, but my gut tells me it’s a done deal until next year.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksAugust 31

Wall St. Wants Evictions -- and Gave Thousands to Democratic Leader Steny HoyerAugust 23

The CEO of Coldwell Banker says that it's not investors who're ruining the housing market for everyday people, but don't take his word for it.June 30

Senate Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act using the legislative filibuster - I'm sure Joe Manchin is disappointed. June 9

Art Laffer, a former Reagan economic advisor, said that the poor, minorities, and the disenfranchised "aren't worth $15 an hour." Seriously. June 8

In a ground breaking report, ProPublica studied how the richest Americans paid significantly less in income taxes than regular people in a bombshell report. June 8

Last Gasp of the Angry White ManNovember 2

SBA Data Show Disparities in PPP Lending to MosquesAugust 11

Across the country, cities and regions are seeing insane unemployment inequality. John Iadarola and Gary Chambers break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/05/upshot/us-unemployment-maps-coronavirus.html "New maps show how the virus has severely deepened economic ... Unemployment in New York City ... Through June, they found most neighborhoods in the Bronx had unemployment rates in excess of 20 percent, while most neighborhoods south of 95th Street in Manhattan had rates less than half that." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksAugust 6

Ivanka Trump offers the most tone-deaf plan for millions of unemployed Americans. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://hosted.ap.org/TPGIMAGES/article/32959d751de0f9cc327a92ff60a49b20/white-house-campaign-urges-jobless-find-something-new "WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to go out and “find something new.” The opening ad in the “Find Something New” campaign beginning Tuesday features ordinary people sharing their stories. A companion website provides links to training and other resources. The Trump administration has long emphasized skills-based job and vocational training as an alternative to two- or four-year college degree programs, arguing that college isn't for everyone and that many jobs don't require a degree. But the long-in-the-works effort has taken on a new sense of urgency after the coronavirus outbreak cost millions of people their jobs, many of which may be lost forever." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJuly 14

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rages over poor people getting money. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/506591-mnuchin-next-stimulus-bill-must-cap-jobless-benefits-at-100-percent-of "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the Trump administration is unwilling to extend a boost to unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic if it allows jobless workers to make more money than they did before losing their jobs. In a Thursday interview with CNBC, Mnuchin said that any extension of enhanced unemployment insurance would cap benefits at “no more than 100 percent” of what the recipient made before becoming unemployed. The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed by President Trump in March added $600 to unemployment insurance in every state. The boost, which expires on July 31, was intended to help workers in industries derailed by the pandemic support themselves and continue spending money amid the lockdowns imposed to slow the pandemic." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJuly 10

Trump's Labor Board Eyes Striking Down FDR-Era Union ProtectionJuly 5

No one can argue with this good news from Rashida Tlaib. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/12/18661193/lead-pipes-paint-flint-michigan-usa-cost-fix "We’ve grown too daunted to solve America’s lead crisis because of the sheer amount of money necessary to clean it up. But the fact that it’s a really big problem — one that does inordinate harm to children, in particular — is exactly why it’s worth trying to solve. As the 2020 Democratic presidential primary heats up, and candidates stake out their policy positions, every candidate should propose a solution. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, to his credit, is proposing a big, comprehensive plan to tackle lead. But the amount of money he’s proposing to dedicate to the problem, while large compared to today’s inadequate efforts, is still relatively modest compared to the scale of the problem. We know lead is a dangerous neurotoxin. Regulators years ago forced an end to its routine use as an additive to paint and gasoline or its use as a metal of choice in water pipes. But many old houses are full of old lead paint. Lead water pipes run beneath the streets of many of our houses. Most insidiously of all, though our cars no longer spew lead into the atmosphere, all that old lead from the gasoline of the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s didn’t vanish. It settled on the ground, where it contaminates the dirt and soil of every place that had a lot of automobile traffic during the generation following World War II." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJuly 1

GOOD NEWS! Progressive candidate Jamaal Bowman destroys Democratic incumbent Eliot Engel in the NY-16 primary. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/24/jamaal-bowman-eliot-engel-new-york-primary/ "IN WHAT LOOKS to be a major victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, Jamaal Bowman, a middle school principal from the Bronx, is set to oust Rep. Eliot Engel — the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee — in the New York primary. “Eliot Engel — and I’ll say his name once — used to say that he was a thorn in the side of Donald Trump,” Bowman said in a de facto victory speech on Tuesday night. “But you know what Donald Trump is more afraid of than anything else? A black man with power.” Despite a last-ditch effort to save the hawkish Democrat, including an endorsement by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Bowman came away with a 24-point lead early Wednesday in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District — which includes portions of the Bronx and Westchester County, and the town of New Rochelle — pending mail-in ballots. Pro-Israel groups also scrambled to save the 16-term incumbent, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his reelection, including a TV ad that attacked Bowman for failing to pay some of his state taxes over the years. This was Engel’s first competitive primary challenge since 2000." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 24

The GOP could lose this Texas district to progressive candidate, Donna Imam. She joins John Iadarola to break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Donate to Donna Imam’s campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/donnaimamtx Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.votefordonna.com/why/ "People who work for a living are America’s biggest assets. They get up every single morning and dedicate their day to creating value for this country and its businesses, big and small. Even though they create enormous wealth for America, and their hard work is essential to our economic success, most have been left behind. Right now, half of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, in debt, with no path to a higher paying job. Many can’t afford to get health care even if they work full time. College tuition is out of reach for most working families. How do you go to school or get skills for a higher paying job if you’re on your feet all day trying to make ends meet just to survive? You can’t. …" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 22

Educator, historian, activist, and mother, Thearse McCalmon dismantles the New York political establishment as she runs for NY Senate. She joins John Iadarola to break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Donate to Thearse McCalmon's campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/thearse Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://thearseforsenate.com/ "“WE ARE AT A CROSSROAD IN NEW YORK. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING OUR STATE DUE TO CAREER POLITICIANS SELLING OUT ON US - UNAFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE & HOUSING, WAGES NOT KEEPING UP WITH STANDARD OF LIVING, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CRUMBLING AROUND US. MY NAME IS THEARSE MCCALMON. I AM AN EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, ACTIVIST, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER. I AM ASKING TO BE YOUR NEXT STATE SENATOR. I’M HERE TO BRING THE CHANGE NEW YORK DESERVES. I AM NOT PART OF THEIR CLUB, AND NOR WILL I EVER BE. THAT IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 15

Bold progressive, Sen. Edward J. Market roasts status-quo, democratic golden boy Joseph P. Kennedy III. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/08/metro/kennedy-markey-tangle-senate-debate/ "Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III unleashed their sharpest attacks against one another in an intense debate Monday night, each characterizing the other as ineffective, as the opponents clamor for attention amid national turmoil that has pushed their race to the back of most voters’ minds. An animated Markey — who sidestepped almost every opportunity to criticize Kennedy at last week’s debate — repeatedly assailed his 39-year-old challenger as not progressive enough to represent Massachusetts in the US Senate. He slammed Kennedy for working for “right wing” Republican District Attorney Michael O’Keefe on Cape Cod after law school, for being slow to embrace Medicare for All, and for failing to mention climate change when he delivered the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address in 2018." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 9

What will future US education and schooling look like following the chaos created by this pandemic? John Iadarola and Marc Porter Magee break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://50can.org/about-us/mission/ "We are guided by four foundational beliefs that make up our vision for the road ahead. We believe that growing the ranks of citizen-advocates will change the trajectory of children’s lives. We believe in the power of evidence-based policy and the power of open advocacy. We believe that nationwide change depends on a network of local advocates. We believe that to improve education for all students, we need an unwavering commitment and a clear-eyed approach." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 2

The looters identities have been confirmed. John Iadarola and Emma Vigeland break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/irs-fails-to-pursue-thousands-of-rich-tax-cheats-watchdog-says "The Internal Revenue Service is letting hundreds of thousands of high-income individuals duck their tax obligations, according to a government watchdog report. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that 879,415 high-income individuals who didn’t file returns cumulatively failed to pay $45.7 billion in taxes from 2014 to 2016 and that the agency hasn’t tried to collect from many of those taxpayers. The IRS didn’t put 326,579 of the cases into its enforcement system, and it closed 42,601 of the cases without ever working on them. “In addition, the remaining 510,235 high-income nonfilers, totaling estimated tax due of $24.9…" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 2

US schools out Betsy Devos’ destruction of American education. John Iadarola and Marc Porter Magee break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://50can.org/about-us/mission/ "We are guided by four foundational beliefs that make up our vision for the road ahead. We believe that growing the ranks of citizen-advocates will change the trajectory of children’s lives. We believe in the power of evidence-based policy and the power of open advocacy. We believe that nationwide change depends on a network of local advocates. We believe that to improve education for all students, we need an unwavering commitment and a clear-eyed approach." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksJune 2

Progressive’s past informs the future of affordable housing in NY-15. John Iadarola and Samelys Lopez break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://lopezforthepeople.com/ "Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the South Bronx by a Dominican mother, Samelys grew up in the NYC family shelter system and faced many of the challenges her Bronx neighbors experience - housing scarcity, domestic violence, food insecurity, economic anxiety, underfunded public schools, and the indignities of the welfare system. As a community organizer, Samelys works with grassroots groups to turn their activism into electoral power. Samelys has dedicated her professional life to the affordable housing field, where she helped build homes in some of New York City’s most underserved communities, including her home borough of the Bronx. Despite going to underfunded Bronx schools in University Heights, Samelys López was able to obtain a degree from Columbia University’s Barnard College. Samelys was then selected for a competitive fellowship at the National Association of Elected Officials (NALEO). At the conclusion of NALEO, Samelys was placed at Congressmember José E. Serrano’s Bronx district office where she assisted with constituent housing in her role as a Congressional Aide. After working for Congressmember José E. Serrano, Samelys enrolled at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and graduated with a Masters in Urban Planning with a focus on Housing and Community Development. Samelys interned at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) where she gained experience in providing affordable housing for New Yorkers." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 29

This congressional race will open the progressive floodgates. John Iadarola and Alex Morse break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://alexmorseforcongress.com/ "Alex’s story in the 1st congressional district starts in a Holyoke housing project where his parents met and fell in love. Both his mother and father grew up in poverty. Alex’s parents started a family as teenagers and neither had a chance to attend college. They worked tirelessly with what they had, struggling from job to low-wage job on public assistance in public housing. Over time they were able to make their way into the working class. Now 33 years down the road, Alex’s father heads to the same meat packing company in Springfield every day of the week for work. And Alex still recalls the neighborhood family daycare his mom ran at his childhood home. Alex’s parents worked hard to provide opportunities for their children — Alex and his two older brothers — that they didn’t have. Alex’s gratitude for his parents, and for the city of Holyoke, led to his passion for public service. The gratitude he has to his parents, and to Holyoke, became a passion for public service. At 16, Alex came out to his parents, and their response of unconditional love and support gave him the courage to bring his whole self into this life, and into this work." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 14

Public educator fights for a progressive future in NY-16. John Iadarola and Jamaal Bowman break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.bowmanforcongress.com/ "Jamaal is a middle school principal and has been a teacher and public school advocate for twenty years. He has seen firsthand how low-income families are being locked out of opportunity by a system that’s rigged for the wealthy and privileged few. ‍Jamaal was born and raised in New York City and spent his early years in public housing and later in rent-controlled apartments. He didn’t have much growing up but his mother provided him all that he needed: love, a stable family, and a sense of community. ‍Jamaal now lives in Yonkers with his wife and three kids. His approach to being a teacher and principal at a Bronx middle school has been grounded in service, love, and empowering each person to transform our communities. Over the past ten years, he has led community organizing efforts against standardized testing, the school-to-prison pipeline, and the corporate-driven privatization and chronic underfunding of our public schools." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 13

Meet the progressive candidate who is surging in Harlem, rallying people young & old in the fight for universal basic income & more. John Iadarola and James Felton Keith break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Learn more about James Felton Keith here: https://www.jamesfeltonkeith.com/bio "Growing up in Detroit in the middle of its economic demise, James was forever riddled by a place and time that seemed to be synonymous with the modern ruin of the industrial age. With the odds against him, his family was strong enough to insist on finding education through curiosity. His sister is an award winning educator. She Co-Founded the Keith Institute, but she used to be annoying 😘 . His mom is a union steward at SEIU Local 517. His dad is a financial planner. They unknowingly taught James and his sister the value of a dollar by giving them an allowance for school grades with outdated check books. They had to write and balance checks for things they thought they'd like to buy with the allowances that they earned. James' parents were just looking for a way to stop the constant ask for things. He says that he considered himself an entrepreneur, before he was familiar with the word. His mother tells a story of his suspension from school for selling Now And Later candy to his classmates in the 1st grade. The Detroit Public School's principal at McKinney Elementary told her that James would be a drug dealer. It turns out that he was only selling candy to make new friends to fight a bully from the orphanage next door. And so they did. JFK has been straddling the fence of entrepreneurship and politics for the 30 years since... And beating up bullies has become a sort of pastime." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksFebruary 14

Graduates of historically black colleges may be paying more for loans according to a watchdog group. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/802904167/watchdog-group-minority-college-graduates-may-pay-higher-interest-rates "Financial firms may be discriminating against people based on where they went to college, a watchdog group says. In particular, the group found that a lender named Upstart appears to be charging higher interest rates on student loans to graduates of historically black or predominantly Hispanic colleges. A lot more people are getting loans these days from a new breed of lenders known as fintechs, or financial technology firms. And some of these lenders factor in where loan applicants went to college. "It really raised some alarm flags," said Kat Welbeck, the civil rights counsel at the nonprofit Student Borrower Protection Center. So her group decided to run a test. It chose a lender called Upstart, in part because it's a fairly prominent fintech that says it considers educational data. And the group was able to easily apply and get loan offers on its website. The group applied for dozens of loans online — posing as a 24-year-old man. It said he lives in New York, works as a financial analyst and makes $50,000 a year. Each time the group applied for a loan, it kept a whole range of factors constant." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksFebruary 12

Trump is screwing you over with his new budget proposal.February 10

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