Subprime targets: Why everything pundits and politicians are telling you about the CRA is wrong
By Molly Priesmeyer |
10.10.08 | 9:53 am
Conservative columnists, pundits, bankers, and politicians like Minnesota’s own Michele Bachmann have taken to blaming the subprime fallout and subsequent credit crisis on the Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act. But housing and civil-rights experts say they’re just plain wrong. And if Minneapolis doesn’t take steps to fix the problem soon, things will get a lot worse.
For $35 million, TCF Financial Corp. will have its name writ large in lights at the University of Minnesota’s new $288 million TCF Bank Stadium, as well as on tickets, menus, staff uniforms, maintenance vehicles, and on and…
Much has been made of America’s belt-tightening due to the 8 percent increase in grocery bills this year caused by rising food costs. There are stories about the 
A University of Minnesota grad student is up for a Webby Award for 
University of Minnesota sophomore Cassie Klebig was greeted with some fanfare, including balloons and prizes, when she arrived at the institution’s Parking and Transportation Services office on March 25. She had unknowingly purchased its 250,000th…
