News in Brief Hillary Clinton’s Not-So-Tough Talk About Wall Street Reform As a United States senator during the crisis years, Clinton’s legislative proposals to reform banking and housing finance didn’t gain traction. Jeff Gerth
Social Justice Giving Up on Urban Neighborhoods Many of the efforts made to resuscitate dying cities aren't concerned with dying neighborhoods. Sometimes it's easier to just amputate the limbs to save the body. Jim Russell
Economics The Lethal Consequences of Foreclosure For those approaching retirement, foreclosure may be a suicide risk. John Upton
Social Justice That Vacant House Down the Block Is Harming Your Health New research from Massachusetts shows people living close to a vacant, foreclosed home tend to have higher blood pressure. Tom Jacobs
Economics Shadow Market Delays Recovery, Helps Defiant Homeowners In a follow-up to a story we published in March, our featured homeowner still lives defiantly without payments or eviction for more than a year. David Rosenfeld