Everyone knows that minority ethnic groups will make up a majority of the population by 2043.
What most people don't know is the economic disaster happening to these minority groups.
I'm positive that most people are not familiar with the terms of the Fair Housing Act, which also goes by the identification of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. It is supposed to be enforced by HUD...but that requirement did not foresee the Trump Administration.
The 'Trump Rally' in the stock market is hitting multi-decade records.
This is from last week.
Ask anyone in the real estate or financial industry: we are not in middle of another housing bubble! You can be sure of that!
OK. Sure.
Home prices have exceeded the peak Housing Bubble prices.
I really hate to make this kind of post, but I'm at my wits end and I don't really know what else to do. I really need to find a new therapist, but I don't know what my insurance is going to do next year and I'd hate to try to find one now and maybe get one appointment only to have to find a different one if my insurance changes.
Today's open thread begins as travelogue then moves toward an exhortation.
Grožnjan is a tiny village, perched on a hill, with a view of the Adriatic. It's been around for 900 years, surviving under the Venetians, the Austrians, the Italians, Tito and now Croatia.
Don't we all have hopes and dreams about the kind of place where we'd like to live? I sure have. And I've been fortunate enough to have seen some of those dreams fulfilled from time to time.
In the very early 80's I spent about 8 months in Chicago. I lived in a neighborhood just south of the University of Chicago called "Woodlawn" south of 63rd St. near Cottage Grove. So, some 35 years later (today) I became interested in what happened to the neighborhood.
