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EP 893 A Little Discussed Law Still Hard at Work to Expand Home Ownership in America

Posted August 27, 202500:34:15

The U.S. Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)in 1977 with the key objective of ending redlining, the decades-old practice of neighborhood...

EP 892 Strongman Presidency Has a Clear Goal

Posted August 25, 202500:38:07

  There is irony in a man determined to use the powers of the presidency and the administrative state capacity to disassemble the administrative state,...

EP 891 A Longtime Washington Insider Provides His Perspective on How D.C. is Functioning

Posted August 22, 202500:39:16

 

 Attorney Ira Shapiro is a man who has seen it all in Washington. As a long-time U.S. Senate staffer, he has written three books about the...

EP 890 U.S. Supreme Court Tells Plaintiffs to Take Another Approach to Challenging Trump Policies

Posted August 20, 202500:37:27

 Many lawsuits have been brought against the second Trump Administration on the basis of overreach of its authority in trying to enact policies. President...

EP 889 A True Crime Case Which Shows the Hold the Genre Has on Americans

Posted August 18, 202500:37:55

In 2019, the quiet suburb of New Canaan, Connecticut was shocked by the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five who vanished one morning...