In 2012, I joined the one-year old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to set up their Office of Financial Empowerment. I was proud to join the agency then, and–with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Director Richard Cordray–I look forward to six months from now when the agency will hopefully be restored to its important mission: protecting […]
Interest-free Loans to Black Homeowners and Businesses? Let’s Go Further.
To begin to address the racial wealth gap, Angela Glover Blackwell and Michael McAfee of Policy Link have put forth a number of proposals that put us on the right track. In my article, I propose a couple of ideas that will accelerate our movement down that track. Beyond zero-interest loans