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Sanford D. Horwitt: Milwaukee, foreclosures and holding banks accountable
Memo to the Obama administration: If you want to see the makings of a national model to hold big banks accountable for fixing foreclosure-devastated neighborhoods, go to Milwaukee and talk to citizen leaders of a community organization who are practicing what Saul Alinsky preached.

Gingrich versus Romney: a study in contrasts
They hail from the same generation and the same Republican party, but Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney provide a stark study in contrasts ahead of next week's make-or-break Florida primary.

Sanford D. Horwitt: Alinsky, Foreclosures and Holding Banks Accountable
Memo to the Obama Administration: if you want to see the makings of a national model to hold big banks accountable for fixing foreclosure-devastated neighborhoods, go to Milwaukee and talk to citizen leaders who are practicing what Saul Alinsky preached.

Wonkbook: Mitt Romney, (accidental) class traitor?
To be fair to Mitt Romney, it's not his fault that he pays a 15 percent tax rate. This isn't some complex, accountant-driven tax scam. First, it's the fault of President Bill Clinton and a Republican-led Congress who, in 1997, lowered the capital gains rate from 28 percent to 20 percent. Second, it's the fault of President George W. Bush and a Republican Congress, which lowered the rate to 15 ...

What we need now is a banker behind bars
Unfortunately we lack a dramatic focus for public rage such as the bankers’ bath-plug or the bankers’ duck-house.

Wonkbook: Mitt Romney, class traitor?
To be fair to Mitt Romney, it's not his fault that he pays a 15 percent tax rate. This isn't some complex, accountant-driven tax scam. First, it's the fault of President Bill Clinton and a Republican-led Congress who, in 1997, lowered the capital gains rate from 28 percent to 20 percent. Second, it's the fault of President George W. Bush and a Republican Congress, which lowered the rate to 15 ...