Daily Archives: June 1, 2020

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press) – The Pulitzer Prizes

The 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History Finalist: Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press) A deeply researched and rigorously argued account of the public-private partnership that replaced redlining with even more predatory and destructive practices. Share: TWITTER FACEBOOK EMAIL NOMINATEDContinue reading “Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press) – The Pulitzer Prizes”

Here’s how unpaid debt is handled when a person dies

PUBLISHED THU, MAY 28 20207:58 AM EDTUPDATED THU, MAY 28 20209:06 AM EDTSarah O’Brien@SARAHTGOBRIEN Creditors generally try to collect what’s owed to them by going after the decedent’s estate during a process called probate. There are instances, however, where the surviving spouse, or another heir, may be legally responsible. Some assets don’t count as partContinue reading “Here’s how unpaid debt is handled when a person dies”